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Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing

A hospice physician relates his experiences working with those close to death, and asserts that the dying process can be...

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Living with a terminal illness

This brochure was created by Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health-Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities....

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The Four Things that Matter Most: A Book About Living

Four simple phrases can help us through the unpredictability of daily life.
 

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Dignity in Care

Dignity in Care provides practical ideas and tools to support a culture of compassion and respect throughout the health care...

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Sex When You're Sick

Sexuality is much more than sex. This book describes how illness and injury impact sexual functioning. Readers will better understand...

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Conversations on Dying: A Palliative Care Pioneer Faces His Own Death

Dr. Larry Librach was a well known  leader in the field of Palliative Care, including being the Director of the...

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I Don’t Want Jenny To Think I’m Abandoning Her: Views On Overtreatment

A palliative care physician helps a cancer patient cope with her coming death, while her oncologist struggles to give up...

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Stay, Breathe with Me: The Gift of Compassionate Medicine

This book presents serious illness as a drama of body, mind, and soul. In this drama symptoms and suffering cannot...

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Transforming the Way We Die

Article highlighting the essence of palliative care. 
 

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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness [Paperback]

Based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this book shows you how to use this natural, medically proven...

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