To balance the “badness of death,” Kagan also provides several lectures on the “value of life.”
Filed under: Caregivers, Death & Dying, Deathcare Training, Grief and Grieving, Traditions on March 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Have you ever wondered how many ways someone can die? The cause of death is the reason an individual dies. This means that a heart attack, any chronic disease, a gunshot wound or a skull fracture are causes of death. However, each cause can alter an individual’s physiology in different ways. For instance, a gunshot would may not be fatal to one person, but another person may died from that cause. The mechanism of death, then, would represent that actual change that causes a victim to die.
Filed under: Alternatives, Causes of Death, Death & Dying, Death Investigation, Wills & Estate Planning on July 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One hundred and twenty-eight (128) soldiers committed suicide in 2008, and another fifteen cases are pending. This is a record number of suicides over the past three decades since the Army has been keeping records. This year, 2009, the Army appears to be headed toward a new record for suicides within ranks.
Filed under: Death & Dying, Death Care News on June 26th, 2009 | No Comments »