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A Few More Days of Purpose
After a career in nursing, Martha Keochareon spent her last days teaching nursing students how to care for cancer patients in palliative treatment
Sometimes people donate their bodies to science after death, but Martha Keochareon had offered herself as an instructional tool during her last two months of life. In November of 2013, Ms. Keochareon called Kelly Keane, a counselor at Holyoke Community College … Continue reading
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Tagged Dying, Holyoke Community College, Hospice, Hospice Care, intent, Martha Keochareon, Nursing students, Palliative treatment, Pancreatic cancer, Patient, purpose, The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, The New York Times, therapeutic communication, tranquility, tumor
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