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By Lauren Yanks '19 M.Div. While growing up in Schenectady, N.Y., Dr. Benjamin Doolittle ‘91 B.S., ‘94 M.Div., ’97 M.D. was “curious and outgoing,” he recalls. “I was the kid who was friends with everyone: the athletes, the drama club, student government, you name it. I honestly liked everyone and loved doing everything.” Church was also a big part of Doolittle’s childhood. ....
On Reddit, users are mocking unvaccinated people who've died of COVID-19. An ethicist says it's 'cruel' but 'not surprising.' businessinsider.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from businessinsider.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Lydia Dugdale, 2020, 272 pages Hardly a day passes without new descriptions of killing and dying both fictional and factual invading our consciences, and yet so many of us still choose to postpone consideration of our own death. The practical neglect of the obvious fact of our mortality seems to be a distinctively post-modern and Western phenomenon that has become an important source of suffering and despair. This is the central irony that Dr Lydia Dugdale identifies in The Lost Art of Dying and the contradiction she seeks to resolve. The consideration of death is the beginning of wisdom, so why do we live without it? ....
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Seton Hall University Wednesday, April 7, 2021 On Thursday, April 29th, Dr. Lydia Dugdale of Columbia University will give a lecture entitled: On Lonely Deaths: COVID, Community, & the Lost Art of Dying Well, which will be moderated by Dr. Bryan C. Pilkington of Seton Hall s School of Health and Medical Sciences. This event is a part of IHS Bioethics, The Dignity Series: Online, and is co-sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies and the IHS Library. History may well record the infliction of lonely dying as the greatest tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic. To mitigate virus spread and conserve PPE, facilities introduced severe visitor restrictions. Families were prohibited from gathering, and the most vulnerable suffered physically and mentally. This talk explores the ethics of pandemic-induced lonely dying. It recalls an earlier plague, when dying was inescapably a community affair, and proposes that we reclaim this lost art of dying well. ....