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Rushing Home For A Peaceful Passing
- Duncan describes rushing to Alabama when his father deteriorated from COPD and spending days supporting a peaceful passing.
- He recounts hospice guidance to tell the dying it's OK to die and how that eased the process for his family.
Acceptance Can Shorten Suffering
- Hospice taught Duncan that conveying it's okay to die can prevent prolonging suffering.
- He observes that emotional acceptance helps both the dying and their loved ones let go when the time comes.
Donating A Body And Bureaucratic Surprises
- Duncan shares signing his father's body-donation forms and darkly imagines absurd uses like DARPA testing.
- He uses gallows humor to process the bureaucratic and absurd aspects of death logistics.