“Spending moments with another in earnest presence is one of the simple ways we can show unconditional love. It is the memories… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
Margaret Miles offers a stunning treatment of human experience, coaxing humans to leave dualisms behind and embrace our intelligent bodies. In a… — Mary E. Hunt Copy Share Image
“There is one essential requirement for being close with a dying person: the letting go of self-concern.” — Robert Martensen Copy Share Image
“Death should not be viewed as a medical failure but as a natural conclusion to life.” — Christine Cowgill Copy Share Image
We'll bury our mothers and fathers - shuttling our children off for sleepovers, jumping on red-eyes, telling eachother stories that hurt to… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
When I got to the hospice I was under the impression it would be a two- or three-week stay. But here I… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up,… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
“Suffering creates a vivid contrast illuminating joy, happiness, and satisfaction. It is a harsh lesson on the other side of sublime. We… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
“.....listening means learning to hear someone's inner world and deepest feelings with far greater attention in order that we don't let our… — Robert L. Wise Copy Share Image
Nowhere in Scripture do I read where we are to discuss hospice care with seniors so they're willing to get out of… — Jonathan Falwell Copy Share Image
“I knew then why I had to suffer. The older we get, the more reasons God gives us to seek His comfort.… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
The Saint Bernards work best in teams of at least three dogs. They are sent out on patrols following storms, and they… — Stanley Coren Copy Share Image
Howard's enchanting Hospice obeys its own magical inner logic with excellent prose and a sadness that will split open hearts. You have… — Deb Olin Unferth Copy Share Image
My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish… — Bea Arthur Copy Share Image
“Every woman deserves the simple dignity of dying in a bed with clean sheets and an electric light at hand.' -spoken by… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire… — Robbie Fowler Copy Share Image
When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“There is absolutely no way someone cannot be affected, or cannnot learn vital lessons by being forced to dwell in the margins… — Milkweed L. Augustine Copy Share Image
“I felt great empathy for my friend, as one form of cancer after another emerged to challenge him. I felt sympathy for… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
