Enlarge this image John Minor (center) in December 2014, surrounded by his family — Jackie Minor (left), Soren Johnson, John Minor, Sherry…
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Our Last Year Together: What My Camera Captured As My Parents Died Of Cancer
by NPR June 4, 2017Enlarge this image Dad called these “his and hers chairs.” He would sit beside Mom, his partner and wife of 34 years,…
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Enlarge this image As baby boomers age, more older Americans are visiting the emergency room, which can be an overcrowded, disorienting and…
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Enlarge this image Isabel Seliger for NPR Isabel Seliger for NPR Helen was 82. She’d survived both breast cancer and outlived her…
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Enlarge this image Caiaimage/Sam Edwards/Getty Images Caiaimage/Sam Edwards/Getty Images Humans have had to face death and mortality since since the beginning of…
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Enlarge this image Dr. Lonny Shavelson heads Bay Area End of Life Options, a Berkeley, Calif., medical practice that offers advice and…
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Enlarge this image Dave Adox, right, and his husband Danni Michaeli at their home in South Orange, N.J., in the fall of…
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Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR The brilliantly-colored shapes reminded Carol Vincent of fluorescent deep-sea creatures, and…