Author Archives: diealoguecafe

In times of sorrow and loss, the Christmas time that so many look forward to can be a time that others dread.  While many anticipate surprises and engage in gift giving, others would rather not anticipate anything other than that … Continue reading →

The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public.  The Conversation is running a series on Death and Dying.  It was kicked off by Dianna Kenny, … Continue reading →

Ross Gittins (Finding better indicators to read the health of the economy, SMH, October 11, 2014) writes that simply relying on the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) means we get a skewed and incomplete picture of all the transactions that take … Continue reading →

“I have never met a single client who did not express a wish that they would like to live, as long as they were healthy, but under no circumstances were to be kept alive if they had deteriorated to a … Continue reading →

US surgeon Dr Atul Gawande questions modern medicine’s treatment of dying patients. In an interview on ABC radio’s The World Today program, Eleanor Hall and Sarah Sedghi, report that: Dr Gawande says medicine needs to understand there are more important … Continue reading →

Dawn is playing dead on the bamboo trestle table. Claire is demonstrating the origami-stye folds needed to get the shroud neatly wrapped around Dawn with the sewn-on hand grips in the right position for carrying.  This was just one of … Continue reading →

The lifetimes we live between our beginnings and our endings is extremely important.  We think that this story contributes to that conversation. James Adonis reports on the benefits of grandparents being involved in the raising of children.  Solved: free childcare! … Continue reading →

When in Melbourne (Australia) check if there is a performance of Two Mortals anywhere around the traps. The website is a beauty.  Click on the About tab to read: Mortality is something we all carry around with us. Often the … Continue reading →

World Suicide Prevention Day asks that we make contact with someone who may need little more than a friendly R U OK? call to prevent them going over the edge.  In Better connections will save many lives, Jaelea Skehan, Newcastle Herald … Continue reading →

Today is one of those days when we can if we chose, pause for a moment to consider our blessings and express our gratitude. A couple of items come to mind: 1.The Death Literacy Conference held on 6th September at Parramatta … Continue reading →