Dying with discernment, setting an example

The New York Times this morning has done a sensitive and informative article on dying, featuring the Sisters of St. Joseph, a congregation in Pittsford, N.Y., whose approach to aging and dying provides insights into many changes that experts say are needed in end-of-life care.

Jane Gross writes in today’s Times that among "the nuns’ advantages are 'a large social network, intellectual stimulation, continued engagement in life and spiritual beliefs, as well as health care guided by the less-is-more principles of palliative and hospice care — trends that are moving from the fringes to the mainstream.'”