Friends and family of someone who is dying often are at a loss of what to do or say. There are also different definitions of families now, which can add to the complex situations and issues that can arise.
Same-sex Couples at the End-of-Life
Visiting Someone in Palliative Care – Give the Gift of Your TIme
Bill Moyers’ On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying – Bill Moyers and PBS in the United States have put together this 4-part, 6-hour series on death. Program 1: Living with Dying looks at the attitudes and beliefs about dying in North America. Program 2: A Different Kind of Care reviews how patients deal with pain in the terminal phases of their illness. Program 3: A Death of One’s Own reviews the debate of physician-assisted suicide, and Program 4: A Time to Change is about a model of care for the dying in Birmingham, Alabama.
