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The Doctor and the Rabbi: A Healing Conversation About End-of-Life Care

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The Doctor and the Rabbi: A Healing Conversation About End-of-Life Care

By Kevin Gardenhire | December 12th, 2016 | No Comments

by Rev. Rosemary Lloyd t routinely makes me hurt inside when patients and family are admitted to an ICU, as most have rarely if ever considered what care they truly want, or not. It is heart breaking to try and help them assimilate it all, and all too frequently decisions are left for families,

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When a Patient Asks You to Pray…5 Things to Consider

By Kevin Gardenhire | October 7th, 2016 | No Comments

by Carla Cheatham Every time I train healthcare professionals about ethical and respectful spiritual care for persons of all faiths, backgrounds, or even no faith, I’m ALWAYS asked this question: “What do I do if they ask me to pray?” Nurses,

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Spirituality & Aging – Blessing the Threshold

By Kevin Gardenhire | January 19th, 2016 | No Comments

By Cyndy Marsh   In her book Winter Grace Kathleen Fischer writes, “A spirituality of aging must help us find a way to turn losses into gains, to learn how the stripping process which often accompanies aging can be a gradual entrance into freedom and new life. . .” When

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