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Understanding Depression in End of Life Care.
Saul Ebema, DMin. Depression is a normal reaction to death and dying. It could be triggered by different factors as the terminally ill patient begins to contemplate death. It could be triggered by spiritual pain. I remember visiting a hospice… Read More ›
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Five Aspects of Crisis Caused by Knowledge of Impeding Death
Saul Ebema, M.Div., DMin. One of my friends used to have dizzy spells that often came and went. He decided to go to the doctor to have some tests done on him in order find out what was wrong with… Read More ›
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How can children spiritually cope with death and dying?
Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. As children encounter illness, loss and grief — whether their own or someone close to them — they seek to understand those events and to make sense of their experiences. This inevitably is a spiritual… Read More ›
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Why I started Hospice Chaplaincy
Saul Ebema. For the past week, lots of questions have been raised about hospice chaplaincy and it’s legitimacy. I started hospice chaplaincy 5 years ago as a resource site for hospice chaplains. I had my theological training at Northern Baptist Theological… Read More ›
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When death hits close to home: A Hospice Chaplain’s reflection.
Samuel Blair. Within a period of 6 months, two of the nurses I work with lost their mothers. In both of these cases, they chose to have their mothers on our hospice. This is a very hard thing to do…. Read More ›
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Stuck in Grief?
By Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. Sometimes individuals share with me that they or someone they know are “stuck in grief.” Yet, I always wonder what individuals mean when they say “stuck in grief.” Sometimes when I think of someone stuck… Read More ›
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Excerpt from the Book “Grief Is a Journey” – Chapter 1—The Myths of Grief
Myth # 1: Grief Is a Predictable Process Wouldn’t it be wonderful if grief was predictable! If we knew what we would experience, when we would experience grief, and just how long it would last. Some of our earliest views… Read More ›
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What are the spiritual needs at the end of life?
By Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. Do individuals become more religious as they die? This question has often been debated among academics who study death. Such debate avoids the central issue that the dying process raises profound spiritual concerns of… Read More ›
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How you can help children and teens deal with grief
By Lisa Jones. Many things influence children’s views on death and dying. Such as; age, religious beliefs, cultural and ethnic values. However, death has never been as foreign to children as evidenced in their games, chants, prayers and songs that… Read More ›
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What constitutes a good death in Hospice Care?
Dr. Saul Ebema. Although dying is part of the human condition, dying poorly ought not to be. Researchers have begun to look at various domains of what constitutes a “good death.” I believe that a meaningful dying process is one… Read More ›
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Grieving the Death of an Adult Child
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Importance of Dignity Therapy in working with the dying
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Understanding the Hospice Patient’s Ordeal
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The Reality of Age in Hospice Spiritual Care
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Stuck in Grief?
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The need for Balance among Hospice professionals
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