Dying Well: Robert Macauley at TEDxRushU
To those struggling to come to grips with dying, aggressive medical treatment has too often offered the illusion of a way out. In his TEDx talk, Dr. Bob Macauley describes the costs our society faces when we don't manage end of life care effectively, and the difficult but better path to dying well.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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This is the Gold standard in care by Doctors . What a great man !
All Physicians have lessons to learn from you.Thank you!
This. "Hold the people you love ...." What a great gift to both the one being held and the holder. Thank you for this talk.
Carpe Diem that’s my motto I’ve got 4th stage cancer I plan on living each and every day telling my loved ones I love them
A true Doctor. Bless him.
Doctor with a heart of Gold
Wow. this is the kind of doctor i’d want when that time comes. Thank you so much for this!
Thank you so MUCH for this courageous and intelligent talk. THIS is one that should make it to the TED main stage. How great - I was enriched, more deeply humanized by listening. Thankyou.
@theodorabrown3843
6 жыл бұрын
Debra Smith I
Thank you doctor Macauley. It´s important to talk about it.
What a wonderful doctor, so informative and reassuring. Death is a normal part of life. We’re all gonna get there. I feel it’s important to talk about it and not in a dreadful way. I believe it’s another part of our journey. Yes! Life goes on. Peace out........♥️
Thank you for sharing! I’m 65 year old. Is 2023 I needed to hear this today. We need more Dr’s like you in this world😢🙏🏽
This should be prerequisite in MEDICAL SCHOOL. At times healing has nothing to do with medical intervention, everything too do personal interactions from the heart. Education equals knowledge. Knowledge equals personal power !
Thank you for sharing your insights with such intelligence and with such compassion. I work in a hospital and sometimes see death as such a painful and long battle. I have often heard from older patients how they are ready to die, but family sometimes will say "oh quit talking like that". Maybe we need to show more respect for the dying process. This talk helped me to see another great point of view. :)
What a wonderful doctor.
Thank you for this video. It has impacted me with such peace.
Thank you for speaking about pediatric palliative care and end of life in a way that touches the heart & engages the mind.
Beautiful, moving and intelligent talk.
So, so touching...
Dear Beautiful Soul. Sending love and light from my heart to yours💖🙏💙💜
Beautifully said
THAT WAS SO AWESOME
my brother was diagnosed at the age of 17, with non-hodgkins lymphoma.1 year later we buried him.This was 23 yrs. ago.i was 16, and had no idea they were preparing him to die..He knew, and the ONLY thing he wanted, was for his family to be there WITH HIM.every last day.i decided to self medicate for those last days of his life.I wasnt. there.I miss him more today than ever.because i was not there,and not able to tell him everything i always wanted to.life is so precious,(make sure you tell them)
@michmack2008
4 ай бұрын
I believe he can hear you at anytime now from a place of wholeness and peace, dialogue with him and he will hear you and feel you and you him. I lost my brother to a car accident when he was 4 and I was 7, spent my life wishing it was different but came to find his is still with us but in soul now looking over us ❤
Excellent. Thank you!
Thank you very much for having the courage to allow these parents this choice. Unfortunately, in most cases the hospital machinery does not allow such choice even with adults who are aware of their circumstances and force tubing, ventilators, etc. upon them when the only thing these can provide is a lonely, violent death.
Great talk!
Outstanding.
Amazing Thank you
Wow, this nails it 😀
Wow, so powerful talk.
Comforting.🎉❤
He’s got little kid on his ties…🥹
Unfortunately, I think that the medical and pharmaceutical communities have changed the culture of death. Insisting that they can help you to live longer, live pain free, get to see your kids grow up and marry, blah blah blah. Patient wishes just as we heard on the clip are NOT followed by many in the medical world and so end of life is more of a struggle than is necessary. My Mother wanted only comfort as she knew she was dying but she had a breathing illness so it made her choice difficult without comfort only procedures. They intubated her and stuck her in isolation as she developed staff and she consequently died alone. I will tell anyone who listens what I want to happen and how important it is to make your wishes known to your family. Out of love they may be the first impediment.
Not true. A " DNR" is a written, legal document. If it isn't respected, there will be a major lawsuit. The family can not overrule a legal document signed by the patient who has a witness. But if there is no written document, the family does decide. You decide. Write that document, give it to your doctor. Tell your family," This is my decision, not your choice!" I already told my daughter." If I can't write anymore, do not resuscitate!" I prefer Hospice care. Not in my home, but at a Hospice facility. Because my daughter can not take care of me. She can visit. I want no pain. But no prolonging my life. I want to die when it's time. While I live, I will live. As I die, let me!
Loves that death current, huh?
Almost inaudible.
This is a horror story. Why couldn't measures be done to try to hold onto the pregnancy for maybe one of them? This can be done with medication. It sounds like you did give up. I understand about end of life. I respect that. But I know an effort to save one pregnancy could have been tried. Maybe you didn't make this decision. Perhaps you were told what to do by superiors. But my daughter was 5 weeks premature. She was saved. She was in NICU. I saw other babies died. Their parents had extra time with them. I can't agree with this story.