This site now has an events calendar. From the home page, check the Resources Menu.
|
|
Byock, Ira, M.D.1997. Dying Well, Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life. New York: Riverhead Books, 299 pp.
This book contains nine stories of deaths under hospice care in Missoula, Montana plus two chapters of how Dr. Byock entered the field of palliative medicine and one chapter of his recommendations for changes to improve care for the dying.
His basic thesis is that dying in pain is the result of improper or inadequate care; and that both the dying and their care givers --- family and others --- benefit from communication and interaction during the period of dying, whether it is days, weeks, or longer.
The stories of the nine individuals and their families are poignant, sometimes sad -- for what might have been, and often useful in the information provided about physiology, pharmacology (he names names of Rx's) and especially the psychology of interactions with his patients.
He especially notes the 'work' that patients and those significant to them need to do to bring their lives to closure by forgiving and loving and by seeking forgiveness and love so that do not die knowing that issues important to them have not been aired and resolved to the extent possible.
Although the book is sometimes sad, it is mostly helpful and worth the time.
|
|
Last Updated on Monday, 26 April 2010 18:49 |
|
Hospice of Wake County has received a gift of one million dollars from Reid S. Towler in support of its new head quarters and 20-bed hospice home. More information at hospiceofwake.org or 919.828.0890.
|
|
Crop of TV Shows About Death April 18, 2010, 8:33 pm
Quoted from the link above:
“Time to Say Goodbye,” a new end-of- life religion special from CBS, features an overnight visit in a Florida hospice.
“You Don’t Know Jack: The Life and Deaths of Jack Kevorkian” is an HBO original film starring Al Pacino as the right- to-die activist known as “Dr. Death.”
“When Families Grieve,” a soothing resource from Sesame Workshop on PBS with Katie Couric as host, aims to help families cope with a death of a parent.
Recently shown: “The Suicide Tourist” on PBS’s “Frontline” followed an American to Switzerland five months after being diagnosed with ALS and weighed the matter of assisted suicide.
“Time to Say Goodbye,” a new end-of- life religion special from CBS, features an overnight visit in a Florida hospice.
|
|
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:53 |
Annual Meeting 2010 - report
This meeting, held on 11 April 2010, was well attended and held in the fine new facilities of Hospice of Wake on the west side of Raleigh.
Here are some images of the event, which featured a talk on the role and activities of Hospice of Wake, the re-election of Harriet Bartnick as president, a notice of the new capabilities for getting useful information out of the 2009-2010 price survey, and three skits covering items you should know about arranging for funerals.
|
|
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 April 2010 21:04 |
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 2 |
