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“Griefwalker”
The documentary presents palliative care counselor Stephen Jenkinson and his end-of-life care wisdomis a 2012 National Film Board of Canada documentary by director Tim Wilson. Filmed over a twelve-year period, the film chronicles Stephen Jenkinson’s work as a palliative care counselor, showcasing his perspectives on end-of-life care. The heart of the film is the exchange between Jenkinson and the director—a series of thoughtful tête-à-têtes about what it means…
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Teenage Youtube Makeup Star Talia Joy Castellano Dies From Cancer
She made a bucket list that her fans continue to help her fulfill after her deathThirteen-year-old Talia Joy Castellano passed away from cancer on Tuesday morning. The young Youtube sensation had been battling neuroblastoma and leukemia for six years, during a time in which she created a name for herself by filming makeup tutorials. The Youtube videos proved to be a great success, beloved by girls all over the world. But it wasn’t…
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Tibetan Buddhist Burial Ritual
Exploring jhator, the Tibetan Buddhist burial practice of sky burialIn a Tibetan Buddhist burial ritual, it is believed that the physical body is just an empty vessel after death, which is then followed by rebirth. For Tibetan Buddhists, heaven is believed to be a place where soul or spirit await reincarnation. Though it is thought to have evolved out of economical and practical reasons, the jhator funeral…
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Hallmark Announces Cards for Terminal Illnesses
The greeting card powerhouse creates a collection to gift when someone is dyingEvery year, Americans buy close to 7 billion cards to wish someone happy birthday, bon voyage, or any other number of congratulatory and sympathetic messages. And by 2014, Hallmark plans to launch one of their most ambitious collections yet: a series of cards for when someone is dying from a terminal illness. It’s an exciting…
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Performance Artists on Mortality: “Edge” and “Near Death”
Performance artists Marilyn Arsem and Vela Phelan explore the space between life and death in their workOn April 21, 2013, a group of performance artists gathered in Boston for “Near Death,” an experience built around the notion that “Life is as much a part of near death as death itself.” Performance art offers a unique opportunity to make use of space, time and physicality to explore and present endless concepts. “Near Death” invited artists to examine…
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How Does One Deal with Loss? (Interview)
Dr. Kristine Kevorkian brings environmentalism and ecology into the discussion on the grieving cycleDr. Kristine Kevorkian is a pioneering voice in the academic forum of end-of-life care, and has taught classes on grief and loss to psychology and social work students. She is an educator, writer, consultant and the facilitator of her local Death Café. She also shares the same surname and passion for end-of-life issues as Dr.…
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“Dying to Be Me”
A memoir about how a near-death experience changed a woman’s outlook on lifeI imagine most cancer survivors don’t feel as though their disease was meant to be, or that they deserved it. Not Anita Moorjani. As she explains in her book, Dying to Be Me, cancer was part of her destiny to becoming her true self and gaining a better understanding of the universe. For a society…
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