Hospice

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Defining Hope

In a pioneering New York City hospice, dying patients gain agency over their end-of-life decisions and offer illuminating lessons on what is most important in life.

By Carolyn Jones

Image of misery by Kathe Kollwotz for story on Buddhist death ritual

Magazine | Feature

Washing My Boy’s Body

When a hospice counselor is called to the bedside of a child who has just died, he leads the parents through a Buddhist ritual for cleaning the body. In the process, he guides them through the…

By Frank Ostaseski

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