Comments on: “Letting Go” – The New Yorker’s Atul Gawande, on giving up life to live

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Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:37:23 +0000

[…] to longform.org for spotlighting another thought-provoking piece by Dr. Atul Gawande in the New Yorker. The tag line is: Hellhole: The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates […]

By: ABDUL BASIT

ABDUL BASIT — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:10:30 +0000

I LIVE IN KARACHI

By: kate

kate — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:06:23 +0000

I also read the Gawande article. And it has sparked some very meaningful discussions within our family. My husband and I (expecting our first baby in October) are having a will written up with a lawyer. And my siblings and I are very glad to know specifically what my parents’ (and each others’) end-of-life wishes are, so that the decisions are not left so much to our discretion. It wasn’t easy bringing up these topics with my loved ones, but when I thought of the others in the equation, and how the discussion could potentially lighten their burden in the future, it was compelling.

By: Anne Prager

Anne Prager — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:54:37 +0000

I would very much like to know the list of items Susan Block covers in her talking to dying people and their families. I have taken the Hospice training and have been intimately involved in four deaths.

Thank you.