They Say Death Has Gotten a Bum Rap.

The article discusses what the author refers to as a positive death movement in America in which a group of mostly women try to break the social taboos that are associated with death, and it mentions discussions about death, as well as the Conversation Project which provides a guide for discussing end of life plans. Retired newspaper columnist Ellen Goodman's establishment of the Conversation Project is examined, along with ex-nurse Shatzi Weisberger's thoughts about dying.