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The Art of Dying Well

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"We can die as full human beings, not a bundle of diagnoses, if we get prepared."

~Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-12-10T19:15:27+00:00

~Katy Butler

"We can die as full human beings, not a bundle of diagnoses, if we get prepared."
"Many of us have witnessed parents die in less-than-ideal ways, and we want a better path for ourselves. We can do it."

~Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-12-10T19:16:00+00:00

~Katy Butler

"Many of us have witnessed parents die in less-than-ideal ways, and we want a better path for ourselves. We can do it."
"There is an art to dying well. We influence how we die, although we don’t control it."

~Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-12-10T19:16:20+00:00

~Katy Butler

"There is an art to dying well. We influence how we die, although we don’t control it."
"Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in later life, and more on supporting people to stay as non-disabled and independent as they possibly can be, and to keep them at home."

~ Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-11-27T20:51:12+00:00

~ Katy Butler

"Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in later life, and more on supporting people to stay as non-disabled and independent as they possibly can be, and to keep them at home."
"We offer false hope: that every medical problem can be fixed. Even an 80- or 90-year-old body, breaking down in multiple ways. So it doesn't surprise me that someone completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."

~ Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-11-27T20:51:31+00:00

~ Katy Butler

"We offer false hope: that every medical problem can be fixed. Even an 80- or 90-year-old body, breaking down in multiple ways. So it doesn't surprise me that someone completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."
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Katy Butler

About the Author

Award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author KATY BUTLER has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: the Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. Her new book, The Art of Dying Well, has been praised as “the best guide I know” to later life.

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