Preparations For Dying Well

 He is an exceptional physician who has spent a lifetime attempting to facilitate communication between patients and their doctors and patients and their families. He has authored a brilliant book summarizing his life’s experience regarding preparations for dying well. This book is necessary for anyone who has loved ones who may be grappling with this issue. It is a masterpiece, says Philip W. Gold, M.D.Library of Congress Council of Scholars, Former Investigator in the Intramural Research Program of the NIMH.It has been over 50 years of medical practice and teaching for understanding what is needed to navigate the obstacles in the way of a peaceful departure. The subject of his commencement speech at the Duke Medical School graduation in 1970 concerned the lack of human understanding in medical education.The most  human of understandings, the wisdom to accept illness, old age (if you are lucky), and death, is called existential intelligence. This is the core intelligence of Doctor Horton’s two current books and the ones to follow.He is the author of "Good to Go: Five Understandings to Navigate a Peaceful and Elegant Last Chapter of Life." https://drjohnhorton.com/http://www.yourlotandparcel.orgSupport the show