04/13/2026
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What does it mean to have a Good Death?
It means crafting an end-of-life experience that authentically reflects Who You Are, what you believe in and the life you have lived. To that end, there are so many choices in death planning that most people are not aware of.
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I often tell my clients a story a nurse friend told me, about a family who was walking their elderly mother through her death. Their dad had died a few years earlier, at age 92, and the family story about that experience was that had been utterly awful.
When my nurse friend probed for details, it turns out that the man hadn’t been in pain, he was conscious until almost the end, and the whole family had had a chance to say goodbye. He’d lived and died in his own home, as he’d wanted to. His death had taken seven days, but he was well supported by a palliative home care team. All in all, it actually seemed to her like a pretty good death.
The family had a story that their Dad’s death had been a terrible experience because, at the end, he died.
In a culture with such poor skills for meeting death well, it’s not surprising that the family would hold this perspective. But if we can’t even imagine the possibility of a good death, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to have one.
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