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By Kim Grant One of my favorite questions used to be "So how many children do you have? " I would typically respond with a broad smile that "I have 2 daughters and one son! " That simple question changed to one of unease, apprehension, fear and sadness after my 23 year old daughter Karalee passed away...
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By Deryl Gallant, www. derylgallant. ca Palliative care - it's a beautiful place. It's not the curtains, the nice pictures on the wall, the items with little gold plaques in memory of, the flatscreen TV, or the free coffee and snacks, or the free wifi, or any material thing in here. Yes, they all help....
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By Anne Sutherland Romaine Ardizzon was given a prognosis of three months to live when she was first diagnosed with lung cancer. She hung on for 13 months to see her life's dream complete, the recording and production of an album titled Plus loin queue l'azur . She died on Jan. 5 at the age of 54.
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J’ai fait carrière dans le milieu universitaire pendant plus de trente ans comme psychosociologue et psychologue du développement. Je m’intéressais particulièrement aux questions entourant le vieillissement et la mort. Je suis maintenant à la retraite. En tant qu’universitaire et scientifique, il m’était...
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Le Portail canadien en soins palliatifs a sollicité le docteur Balfour Mount, pionnier des soins palliatifs au Canada, peu après son départ à la retraite, en 2007, pour un projet de vidéo consacré à ses perspectives sur la vie et la mort. Nous lui savons gré de nous avoir accueillis chez lui et de nous...
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Bernie's 85-year-old feet spent a youth sweating through hockey skates as a competitive young athlete in the Prairies. After a sudden stroke, I gave one final massage to a stilled left foot and a right foot with little spunk remaining. Bernie smiled a last crooked smile as my sister-in-law and I quietly...
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