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Why Traditional Coffins are Going Under
My Cameo Visit to Aurora Casket Co.As we begin spreading the word about SevenPonds, it’s only natural we take a trip to Michigan (given that our business is named after the Seven Ponds lakes located there). […]
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Art Displaying Grief “too serious” for SF Cafe
Ritual Coffee Roasters removes exhibit by Varese Layzer after just 6 days.A small sensation has swept San Francisco this week, surrounding a show of photographs by the artist Varese Layzer. On June 21st, the exhibit, entitled “Making Room,” was put up […]
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What is the Dougy Center? (Interview)
The Dougy Center’s Executive Director talks about child and youth peer support, expression, and “post-traumatic growth”For nearly 30 years, The Dougy Center in Portland, OR has provided peer support groups for grieving children, teenagers, young adults and their families. Today, the peer support program they […]
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Trends in Palliative Care
Recent Advances in End-of-Life Care Have Not Been Matched By Increases in UnderstandingIn American healthcare, the first decade of the 21st Century saw a substantial increase in emphasis on end-of-life care, through a rise in palliative and hospice programs. This is a […]
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Zen Hospice Project
Mindful grief support and hospice care in the Bay AreaThe Zen Hospice Project is a San Francisco- based organization dedicated to an innovative approach to end-of-life care and grief support. They offer workshops, trainings, and consulting services rooted in […]
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Death XXVII
Then Almitra spoke, saying, “We would ask now of Death.” And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it […]
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Bringing the Bucket List Out Into the Open
Street Art Addresses Death and DyingThe idea of the bucket list has emerged in the conversation about death and dying, the concern that we may reach the end of life without doing all that we […]
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Physician-Assisted Aid-in-Dying: A New Front in the Culture Wars?
The End-of-Life Debate Heats UpA new front in the so-called culture wars may well be forming. All the factors are there: a vast disparity of opinions reinforced by geographic and cultural segregation, passionately-defended religious […]
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Making Decisions about End of Life Care
New developments and new ways of looking at death are changing the way we make end-of-life decisionsHealthcare decisions can be a major cause of stress for end-of-life patients and loved ones, particularly when they don’t fully understand their options or their rights. When patients don’t know […]
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