Category: First Person
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Wishing for Death: A Psychiatrist’s encounter with end of life depression
By Jules C. Rosen, M.D. I was asked to see a 93-year-old woman who was admitted to the nursing home three weeks earlier. She had been eating poorly, had lost more than 12 pounds, and had openly expressed her willingness to die. Approximately three months prior, she was on a cruise with one of her […]
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Stone the Crow: A Chaplain’s Reflection on death and dying
Chaplain Erik Cremeans One sobering conversation has the ability to change your entire course of life. I once found myself sitting in an average middle class, mid-western, rusty mill town, living room. It had all the similarities to the one that I myself have called home. There was a familiarity in that place for me. […]
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Continuing Bonds
Dr. Kenneth J. Doka
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Poem: Portrait of a Mother and Daughter
By Alexandra Donavan
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The Hospice Chaplain and Patient Confidentiality
By Cheryl Barnes-Neff, PhD, MDiv, RN This is an excerpt of an article by this author posted on this site a while back but a powerful reminder.
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The Jeep on the TV
This is an excerpt from Chaplain Dale Swan’s book “Hospice Hope.”
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What Nancy B. Taught me about dying
Dr. Saul Ebema
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What’s music got to do with it?
Nijole Hunter, RN
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A Crash Course in Being Mortal
Dr. Ira Byock
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