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Philip Incao’s cremation and CEOLP

A Beautiful Death By Rosie Eastman Note: Rosie is an RN at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Joining a recent Crestone End of Life Project meeting via Zoom, she talked about how even in the midst of a pandemic, there…

I had never told my father I loved him until he lay dying half a world away, body wrecked with coronavirus.

The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new business to start-ups that provide end-of-life services, from estate planning to a final tweet.

Death comes for us all, including beloved animals whose lives often seem tragically short compared to ours. With a vision of offering pet parents a tranquil, natural spot to honor their beloved cats and dogs, volunteers created Crestone’s pet cemetery,…

BJ Miller, MD, a hospice and  palliative medicine physician and former director of the Zen Hospice in San Francisco, has recently published A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. Miller and co-author Shoshana…