04/06/2023
Book Author: Rebecca Skloot If you received a COVID vaccine, you’ve benefited from the life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skoot shares the story of Henrietta Lacks, an ordinary Black woman in 1951, living with five children in the USA. Henrietta became ill and went to Johns Hopkins Hospital for diagnosis and then treatment of advanced
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Written by Isabelle Leslie The beginning of April has two very important days to reflect upon; Invisible Work Day and National Caregiver Day. It’s a coincidence that they occur very close together, but it’s fitting that they do. On National Caregiver Day we recognize the many people who are caring for someone diagnosed with a
Read More03/20/2023
From Elizabeth Causton, MSW, Counsellor – Palliative Response Team As a PSW, situations will challenge your ability to maintain your therapeutic boundaries — meaning that it will be difficult to keep your personal baggage from getting in the way of providing compassionate, non-judgmental, empathetic care. Responding to questions about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) may
Read More03/03/2023
There are very few issues in healthcare right now that generate stronger emotions than MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying. In June 2016, MAID became legal in Canada. Since then, some of the people who met the criteria for MAID have chosen to die with MAID. As people become aware of MAID, they may explore
Read More02/13/2023
We are very excited to announce new Life and Death Matters resources for students! Let’s get started because there is so much to report.
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To be honest, I never thought I would become an academic.
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We know that all healthcare providers need to meet the basic competencies for integrating a palliative approach into care. Developing some of those competencies is required by PSWs and Nurses in their core curriculum. But, we hear that students are anxious about providing palliative care and learning to care for the body after death. We
Read More01/09/2023
Palliative care, dying, death, and caring for a dying person are topics that many people are not familiar with and may prefer to avoid. We hear from educators that many PSW students are fearful or apprehensive regarding palliative care, care of the dying, and care of the body after death. It must become frustrating at
Read More12/19/2022
As we move through December, I reflect on the past year and wonder what the new year may bring. I am grateful, and at Life and Death Matters, we are grateful, for all the opportunities we had to connect with people – in person – especially in the past few months. It was wonderful to
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Guest Blog developed in collaboration with Jessica Knox, A Balanced Body. “If my body can learn dysregulated ways of coping, it could also learn healthy routes to recovery.” Dr. Nicole LePera December is here. We are at the end of another difficult year where healthcare providers and communities wrestled with the ongoing pandemic issues and
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