Talking to the ‘rents about death

Talking to the ‘rents about death

Illo for Talking to the Rents

Talking about how we want to die is not easy for anyone. But we do need to talk about it, as I argued in this piece for Hazlitt called “Bringing Death to the Table.” I wrote it in March 2015, a few weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that we have a right to die with dignity. As the dek to the article says, “A person’s right to die means the beginning of some difficult conversations. Here, a son on what patients, families, and physicians need to talk about.”