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Contact Amy Madigan-Dube, Coordinator
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207-564-4440 or
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Amy recommends an article in
the "New Yorker"
called "Letting Go: What Should Medicine Do When It
Can't Save Your Life"
Modern medicine is good at staving off death
with aggressive interventions—and bad at knowing
when to focus, instead, on improving the days
that terminal patients have left.
"Modern medicine is good
at staving off death with aggressive interventions...and
bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the
days that terminal patients have left."
I
just watched this short movie and it certainly
reinforces the work we are doing at Evergreen, the
Pine Tree Hospice Center for Grieving Children and
Their Families. Erin Callaway and I will be holding
another Bereavement Volunteer Facilitator Training
in the Spring of 2010. Please let either of us know
if you are interested in learning more about the
training or the Evergreen program. YOU can make a
big difference in the life of a child....Cynthia
Scott
The Make A Difference Movie -
The Teddy Stallard Story - by Mary Robinson Reynolds
The MasterMind
www.makeadifferencemovie.com
"MONTHS
TO LIVE" SERIES CONTINUES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Over the past
several months, The New York Times has published
several articles in its "Months to Live"
series. The most recent two are "Hard Choice
for a Comfortable Death: Sedation" and "Weighing
Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care."
