We can't come to grips with life until we come to grips with death.
These eight discussions provide an opportunity
to explore our own thoughts and feelings about death
with others who are
ready to face their mortality.
__(date)__ The Deaths of Others: Deaths We Have Known
terminal illness,
care of the dying, bereavement
________ The Right to Die: Four Differences between Irrational Suicide and Voluntary Death
Is it beneficial,
rational, well-planned, & admirable?
__________ Merciful Death: Choosing Death for Others
DNR, terminating
treatment, pulling the plug, morphine
__________ Defining the Moment of Death
brain death, PVS,
permanent unconscioueness, death of the person
__________ Disposition of Remains and Possessions
burial, cremation,
donation, living cadaver, wills
__________ Reversing the Denial of Death
religious
beliefs---immortality, resurrection, reincarnation
__________ Good Deaths: Improving the Process of Dying
How will we avoid the
problems we have known?
__________ Mortality and Authenticity
How does our
knowledge of death change our lives?
This series may be shortened by one or two meetings;
the participants will
decide which themes to discuss.
Dialogs on Death could be coordinated with 'Living Will' Workshop.
PLACES:
<>TIMES:including An Existential Understanding of Death.
and Your Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care.
FEE: Free of Charge.
{This description is offered as an example of where and how
this class might be conducted.
Modifications for
other times and places are certainly possible.}