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      • Grief triggers
      • How long grief lasts
      • How the loss affects families and others
      • When life starts to get better
      • Special dates
      • Rituals, funerals, and memorials
      • Do I need more help?
      • Prolonged grief
    • Grief, roles, and identity ›
      • Grief and people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+
      • Grief and Indigenous Peoples
      • Caregiver grief
  • Grieving a Death ›
    • Your relationship ›
      • Grieving a spouse or partner
      • Grieving a parent
      • Grieving a child
      • Grieving an adult sibling
      • Grieving a grandparent
      • Grieving a pregnancy or infant loss
      • Grieving a friend
      • Grieving a co-worker
      • Grieving a pet
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      • Grieving a death by suicide
      • Grief after a traumatic death
      • Grief a death due to substance use
      • Grief and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
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      • Grieving a decline in health
      • Grieving a divorce, separation, or romantic partnership
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  • Dying Well

Dying Well

Dr. Ira Byrock talks about families he has worked with and reconciliation between patients and families and making the end-of-life for these patients meaningful.

Author(s):Ira Byock

URL:https://www.amazon.ca/Dying-Well-Ira-Byock/dp/1573226572/ref=sr_1_1?crid=123059NKXBHEJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MYWKXYpyXxLj5vELmlzEmAd9T6vbl4s84jCf_62kIJFl8GPvIxnZA4JzwLRUoTBt3-JFIAtKDHkPuyaZxRa20z5n1a24OTjcdmz_14We3jaMJdg3rLHkNgUd_eg2K8nGf-uhdFNK8bv3zwz26kO2tygrxv57i5u5TrXccQ1auKWfWcLoJwL2JDoM3GKt9vilEExvBq2qJTOzU_M5MclOHwrgP3f65LLhbgz2uL__qBNWSsgnDjGGMu1Rk5zFUNkeIjQqzzBEym6C9Z6FFg1m4saMePTvVA3bQu5wYEkgSmw.SvGK7ZRQXyzxtGd9suB_gK_dJHyt1M42Qug7Z00cwyc&dib_tag=se&keywords=dying+well+ira+byock&qid=1710429257&sprefix=dying+well+%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1


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