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THE WAY FORWARD - Care & Work: A Balancing Act (Report)

This evidence based report sheds light on the experiences of caregivers who balance caregiving and professional employment. 

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A Practical Guide to Palliative Care

Designed for easy use at the bedside, this manual contains the practical information health care professionals need to provide optimal...

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Conversations: The heart of advance care planning

A complete guide to how to have conversations about your wishes, values, and beliefs with your substitute decision maker(s).

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Insights on Death & Dying

This book brings together the most popular and thought-provoking Insights on Death & Dying columns written by internationally acclaimed thanatologist...

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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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Faces of Caring

Faces of Caring is a community to share deeply human stories, advice, and resources for facing serious illness. It harnesses...

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eHospice

A free app and website that brings you international news, intelligence, commentary, and analysis on hospice palliative and end-of-life care.

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Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th ed.

The latest edition of this comprehensive medical textbook on palliative care. An excellent reference volume covering most practical aspects of comfort care for...

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LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice

This book provides information for all health care professionals (nursing, physicians, spiritual care, social work etc.) to support and enhance...

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Best Practices in Palliative Care for Patients with End Stage Renal Disease: With Recommendations for the Nova Scotia Renal Program

After examining best practices in renal palliative care across jurisdictions, this report provides four broad recommendations. The first recommendation is...

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