Death

What matters, or Reprieve

My father is in the hospital with severe sepsis. For the uninitiated among you, sepsis is basically an infection…

Are you still smoking?

Believe it or not, despite the overwhelming evidence for the harm from cigarette smoking, a proportion of the population continues to smoke. Fortunately in Australia, this is now only 13% of the adult population, but in my view, it should be zero. Without all of the civil libertarians…

One Year Since the End of Chemotherapy

February 2, 2017

By Diane McDaniel

Killing Him Softly

My dad’s last cocktail was alcohol-free. For a man who started most days with a screwdriver, this was unusual. Instead of…