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Death Cafes

Is it Possible to Get a Healthier View of Death?

Tony Lobl | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Cafe Culture, Death, Life After Death, Dying, Medicine, Sam Parnia, Health, Observer, Tim Adams, Death Cafes, Cpr, Dr Wayne Dyer, Dignitas, Resuscitation, Resurrection, UK Lifestyle News
Tony Lobl

Have you popped into your local, neighbourhood Death Café recently? No, it's not a new franchise with baristas offering to add a dash of arsenic to your daily caffeine spike. Nor is it a high street variation on Dignitas where you can enjoy an espresso with your euthanasia.

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Why Thinking About Death May Prompt You to Save the Planet

Jon Underwood | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Global Poverty, Poverty, End of Life Care, End of Life, Inequality, Death, Death Cafes, UK Lifestyle News
Jon Underwood

We invite strangers to meet in a friendly place and discuss death over tea and cake. We're not trying to lead people anywhere - we think the good stuff is where people are at already. We just create a safe space and, for a couple of hours, death ceases to be a taboo.

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Is Fear of Death Killing Compassion for Older People?

Jon Underwood | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Elderly, Getting Older, Death & Dying, Health Care Reform, Death Cafes, Older People, Health Care, Compassion, Death, UK Politics News
Jon Underwood

The theory is that someone who is more OK about death would be better at looking after a dying person than someone that who is very scared. This makes sense, but the interesting thing is the amount of evidence for this.

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