So Now What? Grief and bereavement following MAiD

A client handout describing how grief and bereavement may unfold for family and friends of someone who has chosen a medically-assisted death in Canada.

ResourcesCarolyn SmithApril 30, 2019bereavement, Hazel Burns Hospice, grief, medical aid in dying (MAID), PAD, physician assisted death, euth, dying with dignity, dying, caregivers, family, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO)

Handout: So Now What? Grief and bereavement following MAiD

A client handout describing how grief and bereavement may unfold for family and friends of someone who has chosen a medically-assisted death in Canada.

ProfessionalsCarolyn SmithApril 29, 2019bereavement, Hazel Burns Hospice, grief, medical aid in dying (MAID), PAD, physician assisted death, euth, dying with dignity, dying, caregivers, family, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO)

Reading List: Supporting friends and family around a medically-assisted death

An academic reading list used to develop support materials for friends and family of someone who has chosen MAiD.

ProfessionalsCarolyn SmithApril 23, 2019medical aid in dying (MAID), bereavement, grief, dying with dignity, Bereavement Authority of Ontario, Hospice palliative social work, Hazel Burns Hospice

“What do you talk about in there?" Hospice palliative social work

Ever wondered what a hospice palliative social worker does? Carolyn pulls back the curtains on social worker activities in one residential and one community hospice.

ProfessionalsCarolyn SmithApril 19, 2019Bethell Hospice, Hazel Burns Hospice, Logotherapy, Lorraine Hedtke, Narrative Therapy, Victor Frankl, Contemplative Care, End of life, Ira Byock, Four Conversations, Hospice palliative social work, Theory

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