Talking about death
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Why is it so hard to talk about death? We are all going to die one day, some of us sooner than others. However, there is still a huge taboo about talking about death, especially in Western countries.
However, it is important to have these conversations. By the time you – or your friend, partner or relative – are terminally ill, it may be too late or too hard to think about what you or they really want. When someone is in a coma in intensive care is not the time to be wishing that you had spoken to them about when they wished treatment to stop, or where they wanted to die.
This is a taboo that we urgently need to break down, as a society. This page discusses how you might start to have those conversations.
In this world, nothing can be said to be certain but death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin
Why talk about death and dying?
There are a number of important reasons why you should have conversations about death and dying. They include:
1. Most of us have an idea about how we would l...
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