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Articles and Inspiration
Tube Placement for Nutrition at End of Life To Peg or Not to Peg by William M. Plonk, Jr., MD Ethical Wills How to Create an Ethical Will Hospice Consumer Advice 10 Facts You Need to Know About Hospice Is hospice care the right option for you or a loved one? by Paula Spencer Scott, AARP Bulletin, November 2015 How to Choose a Hospice Recent Study Suffering at End of Life Getting Worse, Not Better Recent Article Desire for Hastened Death This article by Monica Branigan MD, reviews the desire for hastened death (DHD) as a large cohort of individuals who value autonomy and control age and experience illness.. Poetry THE GUEST HOUSE by Jelaluddin Rumi, (translation by Coleman Barks) This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. meet them at the door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful for whatever comes. because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. |