1. Health
2. Cancer

Help me deal with end of life issues

• Interview - Talking With Hope Rugo

  An oncologist who was also a caregiver to her mother before she died of breast cancer offers advice to other caregivers.

• Interview - Talking With Jamieson Haverkampf

  Mom Minus Dad author Jamieson Haverkampf offers advice -- and more than 500 resources -- for family caregivers to newly widowed parents.

• Interview - Talking with David Rieff

  The author of Swimming in a Sea of Death reflects on his inner struggle over how to help his mother, Susan Sontag, face death.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - R. I. P. Leroy Sievers, Who Taught Us to Talk About Cancer

  The legacy of NPR blogger Leroy Sievers, who died this week, is that he taught us to talk about cancer openly and honestly.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How can I convince my father to stop chemotherapy that's no longer working?

  When is it time to stop chemotherapy? My father wants to continue chemo, even though it's stopped working, because he wants to "keep on fighting."

Tips & Reflections

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known: David Rieff

  The author of Swimming in a Sea of Death discusses helping his mother, Susan Sontag, believe she could beat a fatal illness.

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known: Jamieson Haverkampf

  Jamieson Haverkampf, in Mom Minus Dad: The Essential Resource Guide for Busy Adults With a Newly Widowed Parent, equates care giving with a marathon.

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known: Hope Rugo

  An oncologist reflects on what she learned about care giving when her mother had metastatic breast cancer.