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9 Lessons Atul Gawande Taught Me About Dying by Ezra Klein

Posted by Greg Schneider on October 21, 2014 at 7:27pm in Hospice

Ezra Klein, journalist, reflects on his intense fear of death: "When I was a kid, I had an overwhelming fear of death. It was the kind of terror that you can't be talked down from, the kind of terror you can only hope to eventually learn to ignore. I became compulsive about avoiding the subject. I would close books when it came up. I would leave rooms when it was discussed. I developed obsessive mental protocols to manage the fear. When I would hear the word "death," I would automatically think, "no death," as if casting a counterspell. "Dying?" "No dying." "Dead?" "No dead." Death was too big a topic to simply ignore. It had to be banished. It had to be fought."

To read full article and the 9 Lessons click on this link:

http://www.vox.com/2014/10/21/7023257/atul-gawande-taught-me-dying-being-mortal

Greg Schneider
Founder & President, HVA
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