The Boundaries of Living and Dying, is discussed by Michael Fratkin describing his first experience with death as a six year old, and his anger with adults keeping a secret about dying from a child.
A palliative physician manages his fear that he would fail a family. Story telling and laughing replace the handwringing at death. The family reconnects in a way never possible before.
He reviews the stages of dying, as set to stages by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Anger, Bargaining Depression, Denial, & Acceptance
"We prepare for birth, but rarely prepare for death." .
Manage yourself to be present at death.
Dr Michael Fratkin practices in Humbholdt community, Eureka, California. Listening to a SoundCloud Presentation audio file, Dr Fratkin discusses one of his major goals to help people dying where there is no hospice and few trained cancer specialists (oncologist)
Dr. Fratkin developed a Crowdfunding Campaign to support these services, for patients who could not afford these types of services.
Closing Music on Dying (Alex Fox) Soundcloud audio file
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