Should we change the way we think about the end of our lives? It’s time to talk. It is never too late for a rigorous conversation about death activism, the guillotine, and the ferocity of human love. Dessa meets the death doulas who can help you through this, and learns why a “good death” might not be a good thing, and why it might be time to sit down with a pen and a pad and do a little thinking about your own exit.

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