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HNSC 3314 Human Encounters with Death and Bereavement

Readings & Videos

Weekly Content

Compassion and Choices website "Tools to Finish Stronly"
NPR Morning Edition (2014) "The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death" (7:34)
NY Times (2017) "The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing"
NY Times (2016) "As Drug Deaths Soar, a Silver Lining for Transplant Patients”

Tools to Finish Strong
Compassion and Choices website "Tools to Finish Strong" https://compassionandchoices.org/eolc/finish-strong-tools/

Citation: Joffe-Walt , Chana. (March 5, 2014) The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death (7:00) https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/03/05/286126451/living-wills-are-the-talk-of-the-town-in-la-crosse-wis

The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing.
Span, P. (2017/04/10/). The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing. New York Times Company.
As Drug Deaths Soar, a Silver Lining for Transplant Patients.
Seelye, K. Q. (2016/10/06/). As Drug Deaths Soar, a Silver Lining for Transplant Patients. New York Times Company.

Activities Due

Longer Slack post (Sun)
Two Slack replies (Wed)
Session #13 Quiz on Blackboard (Wed)
Assignment #4 Advance Directive Exercise submitted on Slack (10 pts)