9 Things to Know About Reviving the Recently Dead Greg Miller, Wired Magazine (July 30, 2014) Great article in today’s Wired about research by Dr. David Casarett on methods used to revive, resuscitate, and bring back the dead. Casarett’s work is in his new book called Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead. Interestingly, […]
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The Bitter End Radiolab short (January 15, 2013) We turn to doctors to save our lives — to heal us, repair us, and keep us healthy. But when it comes to the critical question of what to do when death is at hand, there seems to be a gap between what we want doctors to […]
Tattoos Replacing Medical-Alert Bracelets for Those with Diabetes, Other Ailments Aisling Swift, Scripps Howard News Service Ladies and Gentlemen. Dearest Death Reference Desk Readers. Lovers of all things Death, Dying, and Dead Body. We are witnessing an entirely new tattoo genre not only take flight but unquestionably cement itself into daily life. The Medical Alert […]
Medical Alert Tattoo Replaces Bracelet on Type 1 Diabetic Susan Kreimer, AARP Bulletin (June 6, 2012) Medical Alert Tattoos. This is my new favorite tattooing term. It is the perfect blend of utility, pragmatism and bad ass ink. We’ve been covering Memorial Tattoos for a while on Death Ref and you can see those posts […]
Doctors Should Talk To Patients About How They Want To Die, Says Regulator James Meikle, The Guardian (May 20 2010) The last month’s worth of news coverage in the UK has focused on nothing but the May elections so it was good to see an old fashioned death and dying story in the Guardian. My […]
At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times (August 19, 2009) I started and re-started this post on American Health Care reform several times. To watch America’s current Health Care debate (such as it is…) makes me all the happier that I now live in the UK and am […]