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Clearing Your Grief and BereavementPrimary Author: Daniel J Benor, MD, International Journal of Healing and Caring
Grief and bereavement are among the most challenging experiences each ofus has to face at one time or another in our life. If you come away from this book with only one message, I hope you come to understand that you can be gentle with yourself as you move through the complex stages of grieving.
Date Last Modified 06/01/2010
Case example/study, Continuing Education course, Measure/Rating scale, PBL materials
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Compassionate Healthcare SystemsPrimary Author: Christina M. Puchalski, George Washington University Medical Center Recording of a talk given at Harvard Medical School's Spirituality and Healing in Medicine Conference in December 2008 (1 hour).
Date Last Modified 12/01/2008
Audio file (MP3, etc.), Lecture presentation
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Dying into GracePrimary Author: Artemis March,
This book provides guidance for for family and professional caregivers, as well as those who support and train them. The author expands the idea of what "dying well" can mean and treats caregivers and dying persons as partners in a dance toward wholeness and healing.
Date Last Modified 12/31/2007
Book
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End-of-Life Care Practitioner ProgramPrimary Author: Metta Institute
This is a comprehensive one-year course that includes thematic group sessions (see syllabus), individual faculty mentoring, field visits, independent study, journaling, and supervised fieldwork with the dying in the participant's local community.
Date Last Modified 08/24/2009
Continuing Education course
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Ethical boundaries of spiritual carePrimary Author: Gerald R. Winslow, Loma Linda University This article from the Medical Journal of Australia [186 (10 Suppl): S63-S66] offers 5 ethical guidelines to respect patients preferences and preserve health care professionals' integrity.
Date Last Modified 03/22/2007
Article
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