Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Update)

Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful?

• SOURCES:• B.J. Miller (mettlehealth.com/who-we-are), palliative-care physician and President at Mettle Health.

• RESOURCES:• A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (amazon.com/gp/product/1501157213/ref=as_li_qf_…), by Shoshana Berger and B.J. Miller and (2019).
• “After A Freak Accident, A Doctor Finds Insight Into ‘Living Life And Facing Death (npr.org/transcripts/784401787),'” by Fresh Air (W.Y.P.R., 2019).
• “Dying In A Hospital Means More Procedures, Tests And Costs (npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/15/48199…),” by Alison Kodjak (W.Y.P.R., 2016).
• “The Final Year: Visualizing End Of Life (arcadia.io/final-year-visualizing-end-life),” by Arcadia (2016).
• “What Really Matters at the End of Life (ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at…),” by B.J. Miller (TED, 2015).
• “The Flexner Report ― 100 Years Later (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178858),” by Thomas P. Duffy (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2011).
• “My Near Death Panel Experience (nytimes.com/2009/11/15/opinion/15blumenauer.html),” by Earl Blumenauer (The New York Times, 2009).
• The Center for Dying and Living (thecenterfordyingandliving.org).

• EXTRAS:• “Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2) (link.chtbl.com/klNhrL1Q?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All (link.chtbl.com/7qya9uzA?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters (link.chtbl.com/rGHUDJvk?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away (link.chtbl.com/bTrTo7An?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2) (link.chtbl.com/qI-1w5HH?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time (link.chtbl.com/6XJ1nIh6?sid=FRep488RB),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
• “How Does Facing Death Change Your Life? (freakonomics.com/podcast/how-does-facing-death…)” by No Stupid Questions (2021).
• “How to Be Better at Death (freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-be-better-at-d…),” by Freakonomics Radio (2021).

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