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Guidelines for Spiritual Care Practitioners and Psycho-Spiritual Therapists in Responding to Inquiries Regarding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) This document will help the reader (1) understand the position of Canadian Association for Spirirtual Care (CASC) on how...

Guidelines Resource Centre: SAGE Directory of Cancer Guidelines A comprehensive searchable database of English language cancer guidelines and standards released since 2003 that are rated...

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine Eight years have passed since the first edition of The Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine was published. In that...

Health and the Human Spirit: Shaping the Direction of Spiritual Health Care in Manitoba This strategic plan is in response to the growing awareness that spirituality, or the way a person searches for and finds...

I Can’t Stop Crying: Grief and Recovery, A Compassionate Guide “This book looks at how being bereaved affects relationships with family and friends, lifestyle, work habits, and hopes for...

I Don’t Want Jenny To Think I’m Abandoning Her: Views On Overtreatment A palliative care physician helps a cancer patient cope with her coming death, while her oncologist struggles to give up...

I Don't Know What to Say, 2nd ed. The author discusses the challenges he experienced when caring for a terminally ill family member. Very practical suggestions...

Indigenous Voices First Nations, Inuit and Métis share stories about living with serious illness and grief in over 170 short video clips. Indigenous...

Innovations Clearinghouse on Family Caregiving Website dedicated to sharing information including programs, public policy, and technical assistance for professionals related...

Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers- Textbook This textbook is written specifically for personal support workers, healthcare assistants, nurse’s aides, community support...