Irene Kacandes

Irene Kacandes, Ph.D., is The Dartmouth Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature and an OpEd Project Public Voices Fellow.  She is co-author, with Steve Gordon, of Let’s Talk About Death: Asking the Questions that Profoundly Affect How We Live and Die (Prometheus 2015).

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Diabetes at the Holidays: Tough Lessons We Learned

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Two stories of family health issues that called cultural traditions into question

DECEMBER 22, 2016 | By Darlene K. Drummond, Irene Kacandes

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Why I Decided to Make Friends With Death

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We know we will die someday, so we must accept and plan for it

APRIL 1, 2016 | By Irene Kacandes

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‘No Intubation’ — For Some, COVID-19 Changed Their Living Will

Severe cases take invasive treatment that many would rather forgo

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Four long-term survivors of HIV: Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth

Still Here, Still Positive

A series on America's first generation aging with HIV/AIDS

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In Good Company

We all feel lonely at times. But it doesn't have to be that way.