Ezekiel Emanuel

Don’t Get Trapped By The Myth Of The “Good Death”

Dying is trendy. I got an email the other morning about “celebrity deaths.”  After the recent demise of David Bowie, Glenn Frey, and “Grizzly Adams,” it seems that everyone is doing it—dying, that is. Apparently, people have been live tweeting the deaths of loved ones at least since 2013. Rock star docs such as Atul Gawande have created their own [...]

By |2016-01-22T10:03:15-05:00January 22nd, 2016|End of life|0 Comments

Should We Take Zeke Emanuel’s Advice And Be Ready To Die At 75?

In a recent article in The Atlantic, entitled “Why I Hope to Die at 75,” Ezekiel Emmanuel makes the following provocative argument: I am not interested in living beyond age 75 since I am likely to suffer from functional limitations and will no longer be able to contribute much to society. I will not accept curative medical treatment, only comfort [...]

By |2014-09-24T16:03:56-04:00September 24th, 2014|Aging, End of life|3 Comments