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	Asked and Answered As a health care provider, how do I respond to this statement? “I am just a little kid; I do not want to die.” It is difficult to know how to respond to a child when he or she says, “I don’t want to die.” Children often understand... read more... Posted: February 28, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Supporting the caregiver and the family This brochure was created by Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities Centre for Education and Research on... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Living with a terminal illness This brochure was created by Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities Centre for Education and Research on... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Caring for someone with a terminal illness: what to expect This brochure was created by Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities Centre for Education and Research on... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Caring for someone with a terminal illness: caring for the caregiver This brochure was created by Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities Centre for Education and Research on... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Books, Links, and More I have been asked to be a substitute decision-maker in Ontario: what does that mean? This brochure was prepared by the Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities research project and intended to... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Advanced Care Planning This brochure was prepared by the Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities research project and intended to... read more... Posted: February 26, 2015
	Tools for Practice A Framework to Guide Policy and Program Development for Palliative Care in First Nations Communities Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities: Equitable Access to Culturally Relevant End-of-Life Care The research team, led by Dr. Mary Lou Kelley, Lakehead University, would like to acknowledge and thank the four First Nations... read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Tools for Practice Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities: Equitable Access to Culturally Relevant End-of-Life Care The research team, led by Dr. Mary Lou Kelley, Lakehead University, would like to acknowledge and thank the four First Nations... read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Tools for Practice Recommendations to Improve Quality and Access to End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities: Policy Implicationsfrom the “Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities" Research Project The research team, led by Dr. Mary Lou Kelley, Lakehead University, would like to acknowledge and thank the four First Nations... read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Books, Links, and More When a sibling is not expected to live: supporting children Free downloadable 3-page information handout for parents. read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Beyond the Rainbow: A Workbook for Children in the Advanced Stages of a Very Serious Illness This book provides children (4years and up) and their caregivers a broad range of opportunities to express thoughts and feelings... read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Books, Links, and More A guide for parents of terminally ill children A free downloadable 3-page information handout for parents. read more... Posted: February 20, 2015
	Exchange Bringing Dying and After Deathcare Back Home I was born in the early 1950s in a close, loving family of five children and two hardworking, devoted parents. My childhood... read more... Posted: February 12, 2015
	Books, Links, and More Final Journeys: a practical guide for bringing care and comfort at the end of life This book was written by a hospice nurse who shares her personal and professional experiences in providing palliative care. read more... Posted: February 09, 2015
	Your Stories Wild Darkness Wild Darkness By Eva Saulitis For twenty-six Septembers I’ve hiked up streams littered with corpses of dying humpbacked salmon. read more... Posted: February 08, 2015
	Books, Links, and More The Girls in the Front Row: exploring the impact of losing a mother young "The Girls in the Front Row" explores the experiences of fourteen women, aged sixteen to ninety, who have all lost their... read more... Posted: February 04, 2015
	Tools for Practice Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice This text presents an explanation of research-based theories and clinical wisdom across a variety of topics in the field... read more... Posted: February 04, 2015
	Tools for Practice Principles and Practice of Grief Counselling The book describes the unique aspects of grief as a normal response to loss, and views the goal of counseling bereaved individuals... read more... Posted: February 04, 2015
	The Gallery Dr. Mary Lou Kelley: Preparing for death and dying Preparing for death and dying read more... Posted: February 01, 2015
	The Gallery Dr. Tara Tucker: Self care: Making you a better healer Self care: Making you a better healer read more... Posted: February 01, 2015
	The Gallery Dr. David Henderson:Challenges of providing care to people with dementia Challenges of providing care to people with dementia read more... Posted: February 01, 2015
	The Gallery Holly Prince: The growing need to advocate for palliative care The growing need to advocate for palliative care read more... Posted: February 01, 2015
	The Gallery Holly Prince: Barriers to palliative care delivery Barriers to palliative care delivery read more... Posted: February 01, 2015

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