Paris in spring, Bali in winter. How ‘bucket lists’ help cancer patients handle life and death

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Paris in spring, Bali in winter. How ‘bucket lists’ help cancer patients handle life and death

DavideAngelini/ShutterstockIn the 2007 film The Bucket List Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two main characters who respond to their terminal cancer diagnoses by rejecting experimental treatment. Instead, they go on a range of energetic, overseas escapades. Since then, the term “bucket list” – a list of experiences or achievements to complete before you “kick the bucket” or die – has become common. You can read articles listing the seve…