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Writing a ‘Last Letter’ When You’re Healthy

September 25, 2016

Webmaster Comment: This is an emotional topic, but an action you might consider as we all age.


Over the last 15 years, as a geriatrics and palliative care doctor, I have had candid conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is regret: regret that they never took the time to mend broken friendships and relationships; regret that they never told their friends and family how much they care; regret that they are going to be remembered by their children as hypercritical mothers or exacting, authoritarian fathers.

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