Matters of death and survival -- Editor’s Picks

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From Newsweek: The Woman Who Died in the Waiting Room

‘Instead of helping her, they ignored her. The story behind the videotape that shocked the country.’

From the New York Times Magazine: The Urge to End It All

‘While a universal phenomenon, the incidence of suicide varies so immensely across different population groups -- among nations and cultures, ages and gender, race and religion -- that any overarching theory about its root cause is rendered useless.’

And from National Geographic: How to Survive (Almost) Anything: 14 Survival Skills

‘Presented here are 14 concepts that have proved helpful to survivors in extreme situations, as well as to people trying to meet the challenges of daily life.’

-- Tami Dennis