Monthly Archives: February 2017

We are living in a world that is resolute to cure cancer. From the Cancer Moonshot to precision medicine, to liquid biopsies and the quest for earlier Source: Cancer, Love, And The Pink Elephant In The Room | Grace Cordovano, … Continue reading →

Patient-centric language recognizes the person independent of their condition. Source: Understanding the language of illness

Even though grief associated with the loss of a pet is often “borne in silence”, the relationships we have with our animals are “deep and complex”. Source: The Grief of Losing a Pet is Traumatic and Universal … So Why … Continue reading →

Q: My research assistant’s husband died suddenly. I’m not sure what to say to her, or other employees returning to work after bereavement, or how to direct the rest of the team. What if she cries in the lab? I … Continue reading →

My dad died suddenly during Spring Break my sophomore year of high school. My family had disintegrated a few years before, and he was my world. I was stunned, and numb.When I arrived for the funeral, the sidewalks on both … Continue reading →

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Source: Grief Healing: In Grief: Using Denial to Cope with Loss

Source: Grief Healing: Pet Loss: A Disenfranchised Grief

Dr Christian Ntizimira, palliative care educator and African Pain Policy Fellow, writes for ehospice about his experience of the 4th biannual International Multidisciplinary Pain Congress held in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, last month. Source: “The more I learn, the less … Continue reading →

We’ve all heard it. “Time heals all wounds.” Sounds incredibly hopeful for someone who’s drowning in grief. Except when time doesn’t heal your wound. What then? Source: The Wound Time Won’t Heal – Alive in Memory