Category Archives: hospice volunteers

Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker

Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker. A terrific article…well worth the time to read.

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For a Hospice Pioneer, Still a Tough Call – NYTimes.com

For a Hospice Pioneer, Still a Tough Call – NYTimes.com. I knew Paul Brenner, what  a wonderful gentle man. I took a walk through Jacob Perlow Hospice with him back in the ’90s and had a good interview for our … Continue reading

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A Guidebook for Hospice Volunteers

This is a very well written and informative 140 page ebook that downloads as a pdf file. It was written by Francisca Stolzenbach and even though it takes a minute, it is well worth downloading. I rediscovered this on thehospicewebsite in the … Continue reading

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