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Accepting Palliative Care

Advance Directives

Deciding DNR Status

Finding Palliative Care

Top 10 Myths of Palliative Care

Visiting in Palliative Care - Give the Gift of Your Time

 

Finding Care

Every country has a different way of offering medical services and this includes palliative and hospice care. This section will cover different countries as I find the information.

 For Caregivers:

Find articles and links about ways to help care for your loved one and how to care for yourself. 

Physical Issues:

When someone is reaching the end-of-life, there are many phsyical issues that need to be addressed.

Care for Children at End-of-Life

Children also need palliative care at the end-of-life

 After Death

 Family & Friends

Find articles and links for issues that face the family and friends of people who are in palliative care.

The Team

Meet the people who make up the palliative care team. Here, you will find articles for the layperson and the professional. 

 Palliative Care Around the World

 History of Palliative Care

Read about the history of palliative care and the people who made it happen

 

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The History of Palliative Care

 

Palliative care is a new field in medicine, but it has a long history in its many forms. In this section, there will be articles about the people who began modern palliative care and the history of hospice care.

 

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross  - read about one of the founders of the death-and-dying movement

 

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