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Advance care planning / Decision making

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Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

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Prognostication / Care in the final days

Psychosocial care

Support Services for Grieving/Bereaved Children: Helplines, Online Support, Social Media, etc Needs Assess't (Supplement to Literature Search) Supplement to the lit search which highlights various support programs/initiatives from around the world with a focus on...

Support Services for Grieving or Bereaved Children:Needs Assessment (Overview of Literature Search) A summary of the annotated literature search. See associated document Region of Peel: Children's Support Services for Grieving...

Supporting and Strengthening Families Through Expected and Unexpected Life Events - March 2006 Focusing on the family is an integral component of nursing practice. This guideline was developed to promote and facilitate...

Supporting Parenting Through Illness & Grief This one page handout provides an overview of the findings from a research study of 71 parent caregivers. It discusses the...

Surviving spousal bereavement: Insights for GPs Free online access to research article.

TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) 24/7 online and telephone information and support for families grieving the death of a loved one who died while serving for...

Teaching Resources for Social Work Education in Hospice Palliative Care Teaching resources for social work education in hospice palliative care available in French and English. This unit contains...

Teens Talk About Grief Dealing with grief when you are a teen is difficult. These videos include the experiences of six teens. They talk about what...

The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying An exquisite memoir about how to live—and love—every day with “death in the room,” from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young...