Blogging about death

    Several very popular blogs have been written by people who were dying from cancer or other illnesses.

    Politics, fashion and celebrities are typical topics in the online “blogosphere” but another subject is emerging as an area of interest:

    Several very popular blogs have been written by people who were dying from cancer or other illnesses.

    WHYY’s Behavioral Health reporter Maiken Scott talked with psychologist Dan Gottlieb about our online relationship with death and dying.

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