https://www.saanichvoiceonline.ca/2013/05/01/a-life-and-death-conversation-with-stephen-p-roberts/ Your voice, your paper, online. Tue, 24 Dec 2013 20:15:20 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 https://www.saanichvoiceonline.ca/2013/05/01/a-life-and-death-conversation-with-stephen-p-roberts/#comment-2095 Tue, 07 May 2013 19:58:31 +0000 https://www.saanichvoiceonline.ca/?p=2823#comment-2095 What an amazing and relevant article.
Those of us who have experienced what paliative care and hospice can offer know the value of those services and the people performing them.
As optomistic humans we tend to avoid any involvement with the dying process until someone close to us is suddenly facing it and at that point we are in a daze of emotional overload.
Having been involved in several loved ones “end of life journey” ,I can tell you that it is a world we should learn about and support as we will all need it at some point.
There is no more important time for a person to be comfortable and as cared for as they are with hospice and paliative care, we all deserve love and comfort at the end of our life.
Liken it to discussions about organ donation and include it in family talks, even if its uncomfortable.
By removing some of the mystery surrounding the experience ,we reduce the fear.

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