The End Stages of Life

By umagirish | April 30, 2013
death midwife

In this conversation Judith Redwing Keyssar  explains the terms “hospice” and “palliative” care, which are the end stages of life. She also shares about self-care for caregivers and cultural differences in death and dying. 6. People oftentimes think of hospice as “giving up on a loved one.” How would you respond? NO, NO, NO. Hospice is…

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Comforting Someone Who is Dying

By umagirish | April 23, 2013
lessons from the dying

Judith Redwing Keyssar is so much more than her impressive credentials. She is someone who is comfortable with death and dying, and is great at comforting someone who is dying. As Director of the Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the San Francisco Bay Area, she assists people through this…

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