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Tag Archives: terminal illness
Enhancing Communication About Goals of Care Through Video Interventions
How videos can improve communication at the end of life
In a 2023 study conducted jointly by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers uncovered a promising strategy to facilitate crucial goals of care discussions among elderly hospital patients. The study revealed that showing patients videos depicting real-life scenarios … Continue reading
Is It Grief or Depression? A Terminal Illness Can Lead to Both
It can be very hard to pinpoint the source of psychological distress
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help … Continue reading
“Remembering I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
- Steve Jobs
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Cancer, Death, Death and Dying, Death Quotes, end-of-life, Life, Quotes about Death, Steve Jobs, terminal illness
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Colin and Tracey MacDonald Wed Just One Day Before She Dies From Terminal Lung Cancer
The Australian couple had known each other for 24 years and had six children
Colin MacDonald, 51, originally proposed to his wife Tracey 12 years ago. She said yes, but because they had six children to raise, they never found time to officially tie the knot. They recently got married less than 24 hours before … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Australia, Cancer, Marriage, Something special, Terminal Cancer, terminal illness, Terminal Lung Cancer, wedding
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“The Best of Us” by Joyce Maynard
A brutally honest memoir of love and loss
“How do two people get through the day when one of them has a tumor inside his abdomen that may be killing him, and the other is simply consumed with grief?” This is the question that Joyce Maynard asks … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Grief, Jim Barringer, Joyce Maynard, Loss, Pancreatic cancer, terminal illness
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When Is the Right Time for Hospice Care?
Many patients living with serious illnesses wait far too long to ask for help
“Queenie Hennessy – ‘I am here to die.’ Sister Mary Inconnue – ‘Pardon me but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.”’ ― Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy In an … Continue reading
