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Cross-Cultural Considerations in Promoting Advance Care Planning in Canada This report was prepared for the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Unit, Chronic and Continuing Care Division, Secretariat...

Crossing Over: Narratives of Palliative Care Narratives of the personal and family struggles with illness drawn from a variety of qualitative research methods.

Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City Moller is a sociologist who takes us into the world of the urban poor;

Death, Dying and Social Differences "How often in palliative care do you hear patients referred to as a 'case of this' or 'a case of that'? This book serves...

Deconstruction/Reconstruction: A grief journal for teens The Dougy Center's first journal specially created for grieving teens. Whether a teen has experienced the death of a parent,...

Difficult Conversations: Making it easier to talk about end-of-life issues with young adults with life-limiting conditions This guide was developed in response to a gap in health professional's skills in having difficult conversations with the...

Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care Kindness, humanity, and respect - the core values of medical professionalism - are too often being overlooked in the time...

Dignity in Care Dignity in Care provides practical ideas and tools to support a culture of compassion and respect throughout the health care...

Dignity in Care: Time to Take Action Article in Press on caring for patients, dignity, and personhood.

Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days An introduction to Dr Chochinov's pioneering and innovative work related to dignity therapy, this book provides the history,...