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The absolute most important thing you can do if you want to get what you want to get when you’re approaching death is to approach someone who will be there and tell ’em what you want to get. Converse. The second thing is to find out if they will get it for you. Third, appoint them in writing so the medical people know who knows what you want to get.

Let me tell you a secret: even you don’t know what you want to get till you have the conversation. Conversing helps you figure it out.

:- Doug.

What are 10 ways we can be kind to people who are dying?

:- Doug.

List at least 10 ways people want to be treated when they are approaching death. Are there any of these with which you strongly disagree? If your mother or father wanted that could you do it for them if you wanted the opposite for yourself?

:- Doug.

How do you know they know what you’d want, if you haven’t asked them?

:- Doug.

I’m looking for people who have wised up!

:- Doug.