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Radio Interview with Catherine Sword (part II) In which we discuss the evolving practice of palliative care in Canada, and I read a short extract from…

In which we discuss the evolving practice of palliative care in Canada, and I read a short extract from Conversations On Dying. One of the things I wanted to do in the book was to contrast the deat…

Conclusion of my radio interview, and a short reading from Conversations On Dying.

Most of these contributed pieces have concerned friends or loved ones who have died after extended illnesses. And while all death feels tragic, these at least extend the grace of time to adjust to …

Is there anything more tragic than the accidental death of a young person?

On Letting Go (fall 1974)

Most of these contributed pieces have concerned friends or loved ones who have died after extended illnesses. And while all death feels tragic, these at least extend the grace of time to adjust to the new realities dictated by disease. Today’s guest author, Barbara E. Hunt, confronts a different kind of death: the accidental death of a young man; the death of promise, of the future life that may…

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A few weeks ago one of our guest authors, Catherine Sword, contacted me to ask if she could interview me for a local radio station (WhiStle Radio 102.7fm). I was joined for the interview by Julie D…

Radio Interview with Catherine Sword (Part I) A few weeks ago one of our guest authors, Catherine Sword, contacted me to ask if she could interview me for a local radio station (WhiStle Radio 102.7fm).

Grief can take many forms. In the case of this week’s guest author, Noelle Bickle, it took the form of a ladybug, after her mother’s cancer death, just after Thanksgiving last year. By …

Sometimes grief just won't allow you to let go...

The Smallest Flutter of Wings

Grief can take many forms. In the case of this week’s guest author, Noelle Bickle, it took the form of a ladybug, after her mother’s cancer death, just after Thanksgiving last year.

By Noelle Bickle

Two days before my mother died, the issue antagonizing my family was ladybugs. The untimely infestation of them — an unusual dilemma for Canadians in October — threatened the success of our annual…

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#cancer #grief #patient stories

In this short extract from the book Conversations on Dying, Dr. Larry Librach and author Phil Dwyer are discussing one of the most onerous psychological impacts affecting cancer patients: feeling l…

A short extract from one of my Conversatons On Dying, with Dr. Larry Librach

A Burden Of Love

In this short extract from the book Conversations on Dying, Dr. Larry Librach and author Phil Dwyer are discussing one of the most onerous psychological impacts affecting cancer patients: feeling like a burden to caregivers, friends and family. In his final few months, Larry found himself falling foul of the same problems he’d seen his patients face over the years, and had to argue himself out of…

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#burden #caregiving #grief

I first contacted today’s guest author, Julie Devaney, because I saw a Facebook post about a talk she was giving on patient centric care. It seemed she shared a passion for the subject with L…

Julie Devaney on death: "We need great expertise to manage the medical realities of a good death but we need open hearts to enact it."

The Death Cruise Director

I first contacted today’s guest author, Julie Devaney, because I saw a Facebook post about a talk she was giving on patient centric care. It seemed she shared a passion for the subject with Larry Librach. I approached her to ask if she would like to read my book. Perhaps write a blurb for it? She would and did. And she also offered up this, her own meditations on the topic.

by Julie Devaney

The…

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#grief #patient centric care #patient stories

Larry Librach on pay-for-performance in the healthcare system

Larry and I recorded many hours of conversation together about issues ranging across most topics. In this short series of “soundbites” I hope to share with you some short extracts from those conversations. Today, Larry on pay-for-performance in the healthcare system. “How do you measure humanity?” he asks? How indeed.

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#healthcare #pay-for-performance #soundbites

These weekly guest posts are mostly about dying in our current healthcare system, and the ways in which end-of-life care sometimes rises to the challenge magnificently and sometimes fails us. But w…

Tobin Elliott on the death of his father, and the long grieving that followed.

These weekly guest posts are mostly about dying in our current healthcare system, and the ways in which end-of-life care sometimes rises to the challenge magnificently and sometimes fails us. But we can’t ignore the topic of grief. This week, guest author Tobin Elliott probes his own grief over the death of his father. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross delineated five stages of grief in her groundbreaking…

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Guest author Elaine Jackson concludes her post on the death of her father-in-law.

Undigested — Part II

Guest author Elaine Jackson concludes her post on the death of her father-in-law.

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