Buddhist inspired resources for physicians and other health care professionals.
Posted in Books, Death & Dying on Sep 18th, 2008
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality
Judith L. Lief
A down-to-earth guide to the various issues surrounding death. The first section is entitled “Cultivating a personal awareness of death.” Many analogies and examples that we can all relate to are given about our views of the subject. Simple exercises at the end of [...]
Posted in Death & Dying, Hospice on Sep 18th, 2008
Maitri Compassionate Care
San Francisco
Zen Hospice Project
San Francisco
Amitabha Hospice Service
Auckland, New Zealand Affiliated withFoundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
Buddhist Lotus Hospice Care Foundation
Taiwan
Spiritual Care Program
West Cork, Ireland - Tibetan tradition
Upaya Zen Center & Institute (http://www.upaya.org/index.php), Santa Fe, NM
Posted in Death & Dying, Selected Writings on Sep 18th, 2008
Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness and Death
Ven.Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Spritual Needs of the Dying: A Buddhist Perspective
Ven. Pende Hawter
Ministering to the Sick and the Terminally Ill
Lily de Silva
Buddhist Approach to Patient Health Care
Kusala Bhikshu
Preparing for Death & Helping the Dying
Sangye Khadro
Death & Dying in Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Ven. Pende Hawter
Death and Rebirth
Dr. Nick Ribush
Excerpts from [...]
Posted in Hospice on Sep 18th, 2008
The Medicare House Protection Act would delay implementation of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that will effectively cut Medicare payments for hospice care. Earlier this year, CMS announced plans to cut reimbursement rates for hospice by phasing out the budget neutrality adjustment factor that has applied to the hospice wage index [...]