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“If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.”

- Kahlil Gibran
Posted on October 25, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“My life is an open book. But it is very poorly written and I die in the end.”

-Anonymous
Posted on October 23, 2016 by Kristen Capano (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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How Do You Create An Alternative To Conventional Palliative Care?

An interview with palliative medicine specialist Dr. Michael Fratkin, founder of ResolutionCare, Part One
Posted on October 22, 2016 by Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Today SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Michael Fratkin, palliative medicine specialist and president and founder of ResolutionCare.  Birthed by Dr. Fratkin’s desire to expand palliative care beyond the limitations of our country’s broken healthcare system, ResolutionCare is a telemedicine project that uses videoconferencing technology … Continue reading →

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Join Us at the End of Life Resource Fair

Sponsored by the San Francisco Jewish Community Center
Posted on October 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

The San Francisco Jewish Community Center is featuring its second annual resource fair dedicated to death and dying, Embracing the Journey: End of Life Resource Fair. The event will be held on Sunday, November 13th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., so mark … Continue reading →

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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It’s Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

- Steve Jobs
Posted on October 18, 2016 by Kristen Capano (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

 

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“Final Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each Other” by Maureen P. Keeley, Ph.D., and Julie M. Yingling, Ph.D

Conversation guide facilitates authentic communication at end of life
Posted on October 14, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

What do you say to your loved one when you don’t know if those words will be the last you ever share with them? Maureen P. Keeley, Ph.D., and Julie M. Yingling, Ph.D. know how complicated and nebulous it sometimes … Continue reading →

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