The Family Plot Blog
January 11, 2012
Last night I attended a talk by William S. Breitbart, MD titled “Confronting Our Mortality: A Crisis of Spirit, an Opportunity for Meaning.” The event was held by IDEAS in Psychiatry, a non-profit institute affiliated with the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Breitbart’s insightful lecture provided much to ponder regarding end-of-life issues.
“The only thing uncertain about death is when it happens and how it happens,” said Breitbart. “Even when people lose hope for a cure, they still have hopes. Acceptance of death is the acceptance of the live that you’ve lived.”
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