Synopsis: In a dream I meet my dead friend. He has, I know, gone long and far... Link to Full Poem Source: Poem from "A Part" Vol/Page/Date: 1980 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: Wendell Berry keywords: poetry, wendell berry, death, friend Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"; a poem by Mary Oliver Two
Synopsis: Every old man I see Reminds me of my father When he had fallen in love with death One time when sheaves were gathered...Link to Full Poem Source: Poem from "Collected Poems" Vol/Page/Date: 1947 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: Patrick Kavanagh keywords: father/son, remember, death, poetry, love Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater
Description: The link below is to a November 6, 2009 episode of democracy now where Amy Goodman interviews Anna Deavere Smith who researched, wrote and perfoms "Let Me Down Easy" -- a solo act about various trials and tribulations within the U.S health care system. There is a short article and a great video interview
Link: Visit Site Media Provided By: This is an informative continuing medical education video (January 8, 2008) from the University of California Davis Medical School on the role of the primary care physician in advanced care planning. Ben A. Rich, J.D., PhD., addresses the importance and role of advanced directives as well as the shortcomings
Description: Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about a home care nursing assistant, Marilyn Daniel. (Here’s the update). Using quotes and photographs, the author describes a typical day of visits—from transportation challenges to detailed, moving
Description: Social Workers Are AwesomePosted: 15 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT In 1927, Francis Peabody remarked that "The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient." Medicine has made much progress since those days, but some might argue that some of the humanitarian cornerstones of caring that concerned Peabody have
Description: Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels of suffering. Today’s high-tech medical care can sustain technical life – the beating heart – but utterly fails to restore real quality of life for many. The result: Death Prolonged. This is the introduction
Description: This link is to a great television special that aired April 14th, 2010 on PBS. The special is hosted by Katie Couric who does a really nice job communicating between the viewers and some of the Sesame St. characters like "Elmo". Couric and Elmo begin discussing death and grieving when Elmo tells Couric that
Description: In this audio podcast from StoryCorps, Andrea St. John remembers being with her fiance when he found out his cancer had returned. Her story is heart heavy but also scattered with a lightness and humor that is inspirational to all. Link: Visit Site Related Resources: StoryCorps Audio Podcast: Danielle and Gabrielle Hall remember their
Description: This is an audio podcast from StoryCorps, a non-profit organization devoted to honoring one another's lives through the art of listening. In this heartfelt clip, a child asks her mother about her experiences as a cancer nurse... “How's it feel...telling someone they're going to die?” Link: Visit Site
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