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Stay, Breathe with Me: The Gift of Compassionate Medicine

This book presents serious illness as a drama of body, mind, and soul. In this drama symptoms and suffering cannot...

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Palliative Care - Fact Sheet

This fact sheet supports the World Health Organization's goal to improve access to palliative care as a core component of...

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Transforming the Way We Die

Article highlighting the essence of palliative care. 
 

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A Resource Guide for Community Development of Palliative and End-of-Life Care within Alberta

Communities across Alberta are seeking information about developing local Palliative and End-of-Life Care (PEOLC) community services and support. Alberta Health...

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What is Palliative Care?

Information brochure for patients and families explaining palliative care.

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Cicely Saunders, Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters, 1959-1999

Cicely Saunders is universally acclaimed as a pioneer of modern hospice care. Trained in nursing,social work, then medicine in 1958...

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10 Myths about Palliative Care Infographic

An infographic about 10 myths that are often encountered in Palliative Care. Also available in French, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan,...

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Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life

There is increased awareness of the need for palliative care for chronic diseases. However, there remains a huge unmet need...

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Access to Palliative Care in Canada

This is the first time Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is releasing a comprehensive report on access to palliative...

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