/tags/end-of-life End of Life en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:47:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-28/how-a-st-louisan-helps-her-community-navigate-death-by-filling-out-advance-directives A member of the Gateway End-Of-Life Coalition helps the Black community navigate death. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:47:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-28/how-a-st-louisan-helps-her-community-navigate-death-by-filling-out-advance-directives Jada Jones /economy-business/2024-02-12/the-voice-we-woke-up-to-bob-edwards-longtime-morning-edition-host-dies-at-76 Edwards, a consummate newsman, hosted NPR's morning show for more than two decades. "He sort of set the tone and the bar for all of us," says one former NPR executive. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:09:29 GMT /economy-business/2024-02-12/the-voice-we-woke-up-to-bob-edwards-longtime-morning-edition-host-dies-at-76 Lynn Neary /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Societal norms condition us to fear death and avoid grief, but local groups like the STL Death Cafe encourage people to lean into such topics. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:45:52 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Emily Woodbury, Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-08-28/caring-for-seriously-ill-relatives-and-the-people-who-take-care-of-them “The supply of family caregivers will not keep pace with the future demand as our population ages and people live with multiple complex chronic… Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:45:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-08-28/caring-for-seriously-ill-relatives-and-the-people-who-take-care-of-them Alex Heuer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-15/famed-npr-host-diane-rehm-on-confronting-the-end-of-life-this-country-has-become-death-averse Famed NPR host Diane Rehm has not scaled back the magnitude of the issues she is tackling after she announced her planned retirement from behind the… Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:40:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-15/famed-npr-host-diane-rehm-on-confronting-the-end-of-life-this-country-has-become-death-averse Kelly Moffitt /health-science-environment/2015-09-27/how-to-talk-about-death-and-why-it-matters Adrienne Holden has seen hard deaths and easier deaths. Long ones and short ones. Times when the deceased left their families with precise instructions… Mon, 28 Sep 2015 03:47:03 GMT /health-science-environment/2015-09-27/how-to-talk-about-death-and-why-it-matters /health-science-environment/2012-08-07/group-wants-elderly-to-talk-about-end-of-life-medical-care-while-still-healthy This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 7, 2012 - John G. Carney thinks it's time for Missourians to have more conversations about two… Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:28:59 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-08-07/group-wants-elderly-to-talk-about-end-of-life-medical-care-while-still-healthy Robert Joiner /politics-issues/2011-02-13/commentary-death-panels-and-the-politics-of-spin This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 13, 2011- If you are pining for an allegory for the schism that divides our country, two recent… Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:29:42 GMT /politics-issues/2011-02-13/commentary-death-panels-and-the-politics-of-spin /government-politics-issues/2008-12-04/commentart-the-liberty-to-choose-death This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2008 - Several months ago I watched my mother slip away with both sadness and a selfish… Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:04:39 GMT /government-politics-issues/2008-12-04/commentart-the-liberty-to-choose-death Miriam Raskin