Death and planetary health

Abstract

Colleagues, friends— I will now present to you: “The contribution of death to planetary health.” This may seem a strange thing to do. Here is my excuse. I have lived with the patient Per for 6 years now, with new cancers coming to the lungs and being carved out every year. Current condition? Myriads of metastases in both lungs. Dancing with death is not pleasant, but it is a discovery channel. I have used this pre-mortem time to explore the potential of death—for life. Here is my prescription.