from J Palliat Med. 2009 Aug 28
Ando M, Morita T, Akechi T, Ito S, Tanaka M, Ifuku Y, Nakayama T.
1 Faculty of Nursing, St. Mary’s College , Fukuoka, Japan .
Abstract Objective: The primary goal of the study was to assess the efficacy of mindfulness-based meditation therapy on anxiety, depression, and spiritual well-being of Japanese patients [...]
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May 16, 2010 — May 23, 2010 at the Upaya Institute, NM
This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and their families. Designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, and clergy, the training covers core issues related to dying, death, and grieving; ethical issues in end-of-life care and [...]
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from J Cancer Educ. 2006 Spring;21(1):30-4
Borod M.
Division of Palliative Care, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. manuel.borod@muhc.mcgill.ca
Humor and laughter have been thought to be beneficial for thousands of years. Although much has been written on this subject, there is very little written about the actual use of humor in [...]
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from the journal, Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2009 Apr 24
Downey L, Engelberg RA, Standish LJ, Kozak L, Lafferty WE.
University of Washington.
Improving end-of-life care is a priority in the United States, but assigning priorities for standard care services requires evaluations using appropriate study design and appropriate outcome indicators. A recent randomized controlled trial with terminally [...]
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from the journal, Int J Nurs Pract. 2009 Jun;15(3):145-55
Williams AM, Davies A, Griffiths G.
The Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. anne.m.williams@health.wa.gov.au
Nurses often use non-pharmacological measures to facilitate comfort for patients within the hospital setting. However, guidelines for use of these measures are commonly inadequate or [...]
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(Jul 10, 2009 — Jul 12, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=280)
This retreat is for professional and family caregivers, those with life-threatening illness and those wishing to explore approaches to end-of-life care and issues related to dying and death. Participants will explore our views of pain, suffering, mortality, and freedom from suffering; perspectives on our encounter with [...]
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(Apr 26, 2009 — May 03, 2009 and Oct 11, 2009 — Oct 18, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=184)
This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and their families. Designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, and clergy, the training covers core issues related to dying, death, and grieving; ethical issues [...]
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My topic today is the role that meditation can play in facing issues of pain, illness and death – not a pleasant topic, but an important one. Sadly, it’s only when people are face-to-face with a fatal illness that they start thinking about these issues, and often by that point it’s too late to get fully [...]
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Posted in Compassion, Death & Dying on Oct 19th, 2008
“He who attends on the sick attends on me,” declared the Buddha, exhorting his disciples on the importance of ministering to the sick. This famous statement was made by the Blessed One when he discovered a monk lying in his soiled robes, desperately ill with an acute attack of dysentery. With the help of Ananda, [...]
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Posted in Death & Dying, Hospice on Sep 22nd, 2008
Qual Health Res. 1998 Nov;8(6):801-12; McGrath P.
Centre for Public Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
The hospice vision of providing democratic and humane care of the dying needs to be operationalized in the “real world” of health care bureaucracies. It is at this interface between idealists and the demands of mainstream health care that [...]
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