Ethics Chick

02/28/2024

Ooooohh, my first dust storm.

02/10/2024

This is quite lovely. Although I’m not religious, I really appreciate so many of the Jewish traditions, especially around dying.

— There is something quite moving about all this grief amongst all this routine. By Hannah Davis It was only relatively recently that I learned that holding funerals within 24 hours was a Jewish cu…

12/12/2023

https://theamateursguide.com/2023/12/12/islamic-burial-rites
This is a great read, and worth the 3 minutes to read!

— How These Women Are Making a Change in US Most funeral homes don’t know how to bury Muslims but a group of Muslim women seek to introduce a change. By Rowaida Abdelaziz More than a dozen wo…

07/31/2023

I often use this picture to help medical teams who are seeing us as "torturing" a dying patient to see how the family may see the patient as looking better, responding, or hanging in there. Asking which patient is REALLY in the bed? They both are, depending on how you look at her. Then work to help both sides see from the other view.

02/02/2023

There's more loss and costs than you think when someone dies. This short read shares some common but less thought of costs.

By Deb Gordon If you think the cost of living in the United States healthcare system is high, wait till you see the cost of dying. A new report details the direct financial impact of a loved one’s …

12/16/2022

https://theamateursguide.com/eight-green-burial-options/
As we try to lessen our footprints upon the earth, you need to keep up on the options.

— Some Are Greener Than Others Innovation and interest in green burial practices are growing fast in the U.S. fed by concerns about the environmental impact of modern burial and cremation. 60.5% of…

10/28/2022

Starting day 2 at ASBH 7am Psychiatric Ethics session on mental health and prisons.

10/28/2022

Great first day at ASBH in Portland. So nice to see everyone, masked, but in person. ASBH #22