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The End-of-Life Educator

Grief guidance and death education. From a thanatologist to all those grappling with the human business of living and dying.

Newsletter · By Laura Perkins · Official site

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Sep 1, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Laughter IS medicine. Let me convince you why. (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    What do stand-up comics, breastfeeding mothers and philanthropists all have in common? Their respective acts; generating laughter, nutrition, and charity, all produce feel-good hormones, promoting overall health and well-being. It was October 2019, just before everything, and my now-husband and I were celebrating our engagement at a fine dining establishment; a quiet, grown-up, sophisticated little spot. They served escargot and triple-filtered water. Th

  2. Issue · Jul 22, 2026

    Ending your life by saving another. (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    A paper was published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine proposing a new idea to help people live…and die. The idea is this: Allow patients opting for medical-aid-in dying to choose to go via organ donation. The scenario could look something like this: Patient A has been diagnosed with an aggressive terminal illness and has five months left to live. A decides they want to end their life on their own terms instead of waiting for nature to take its’ course, avoiding a painful and to

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