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How to Die Well

Published in The Huffington Post

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Indigenous Voices

First Nations, Inuit and Métis share stories about living with serious illness and grief in over 170 short video clips....

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Letting Go: What Should Medicine Do When It Can't Save Your Life?

Article written by a physician which highlights many common end-of-life issues.

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Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness (lecture)

Leffert Lecture, December 2014, Massachusetts General Hospital, presented by Dr Diane Meir, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care and Medicine...

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The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

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Woman Cancer Sex

Sexuality is an important part of life; during a cancer illness, sexuality is a real issue for women and their partners....

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Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment--And Your Life

Great book for beginners containing a CD with five guided mindfulness meditations.

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Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

Using a Buddhist approach to death, the author affirms that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that...

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Facing Death (Frontline documentary)

Facing Death (Frontline documentary)
PBS Broadcast "Facing Death" - Available to view on-line

This documentary takes a closer look at today's complicated end-of-life...

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Being Mortal

Gawande presents a detailed, but highly readable history of how the meaning of death has changed over the past fifty...

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