Registered Nurse N. Von Reiter comforts Ramond Garcia as his health quickly declines at the Hospice of Saint John. Garcia had been admitted to the hospice after suffering a stroke.from Caring for the Terminally Ill, a photo essay by John Moore.
I learned about this photo essay through Michael Shaw, one of my favorite bloggers, at BagNewsNotes, one of my favorite blogs. Shaw writes:
As a sensitive reply to the callous, two-dimensional and endless right-wing references to "pulling the plug," Moore's images capture the enormous cost -- in painstaking effort, intense emotions, agonizing choices, and yes, financial burden surrounding the terminally ill. Most significantly, he frames the end of life as a process and a life stage -- in contrast to its absurd framing as either a pre-paid ticket or somehow a determinative act.
