Yankee Deathcare

01/23/2026

“When we medicalize and pathologize grief, we lose sight of what grief actually represents: love, attachment, and the rupture of a meaningful bond,” Thieleman said, in an interview by email. “Bereavement is a universal human experience. We do not grieve those we do not love. Framing grief as a disorder obscures this fundamental reality and recasts a deeply relational experience as an individual pathology.”

Grief has long been understood as a normal and healthy response to loss. However, over the past decade, American psychiatry has rebranded that time of New research finds most bereaved people reject psychiatric grief diagnoses, viewing grief as a normal expression of love rather than mental "illness....

01/15/2026

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12/01/2025

It is important that we don’t put our own choices on our patients and those we serve. This article is a powerful reminder.

A doctor grapples with a patient’s incomprehensible medical decision.

11/25/2025

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11/23/2025

Incredibly powerful read.

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

11/14/2025

“The findings come at a time when U.S. life expectancy has been falling for much of the past decade, even among wealthier Americans who typically live longer than the poorest Americans, Papanicolas said. There has also been a rise in preventable deaths, she said, which has been partly driven by rising deaths in midlife, generally defined as between the ages of 40 and 65.”

A study by researchers at Brown University and Harvard University shows that a rising premature death rate means Medicare isn’t helping as many people as intended.

11/14/2025

“Despite its popularity, the five stages may oversimplify an experience that’s deeply personal. Grief doesn’t follow a script, and neither does healing.”

For anyone grieving, one question often lingers: How long will this last?

10/23/2025

“This is what happens when modern medicine evolves rapidly but our caregiving infrastructure does not.”

U.S. family caregivers are doing more than ever before — with less

09/22/2025

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09/18/2025

I am honored to announce that I am accepting a position on the Board of Directors for the National End of Life Doula Alliance with a term that begins 10/1/2025.
NEDA is an incredibly valuable voice in the growing movement to bring holistic support and advocacy to the terminally ill and their families. I am incredibly excited to join peers in this sacred space as we seek to expand awareness and education in our communities and beyond.

08/24/2025

“Instead of observing, they’re actively participating,” Mr. Phifer said. “We invite them to help lower the body into the grave with ropes, to put a handful or shovelfuls of soil into the grave” and to mound soil, pine boughs and flowers atop it afterward. Then, they might toast the departed with champagne or share a potluck picnic…”

More Americans are choosing burials in which everything is biodegradable.

08/07/2025

A new survey revealed that most doctors would decline aggressive treatments, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), ventilation, or tube feeding for themselves if faced with advanced cancer or Alzheimer’s disease, choosing instead symptom relief and, in many cases, assisted dying.

“Physicians were surveyed regarding their end-of-life care preferences in cases of advanced cancer and end-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Over 90% preferred symptom-relief medication, and more than 95% declined CPR, mechanical ventilation, or tube feeding. Only 0.5% would choose CPR for cancer and 0.2% for Alzheimer’s disease. Around 50%-54% supported euthanasia in both cases. Support for euthanasia varied by country, from 80.8% in Belgium to 37.9% in Italy for cancer and from 67.4% in Belgium to 37.4% in Georgia, US, for Alzheimer’s disease.”

A survey of physicians reveals that over 95% would refuse CPR, ventilation, and tube feeding at the end of life, favoring symptom relief in cancer and Alzheimer’s scenarios.