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Health journalist Katy Butler is the author of the award-winning "Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death." A New York Times Notable Book of 2013, it recounts her parents' desires for timely natural deaths, and the forces within medicine that stood in the way. She has also written for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and Atlantic. Her newest book will discuss negotiating medical choices at the close of life, tentatively titled A Good End of Life: A Practical Guide. www.katybutler.com.