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Category Archives: Death and Dying
Who Comforts the Grieving Doctor?
In a recent article, Lisa Esposito of Yahoo Health (5/23/12), reported on a study of 20 cancer doctors in three Ontario hospitals. The doctors reported how they dealt with their grief, or avoided it, and how it affected their personal … Continue reading →
Grieving, but Not Without Hope
“If I die,” my friend had asked, “will you lead the memorial service?” “I will,” I said. We said Goodbye this week. 250 people came from as far as Menlo Park, CA and Seattle, WA. His daughter reflected on how, over … Continue reading →
What Hope Can I Offer the Dying?
“If I die,” my friend said in a whispered voice, “will you do the memorial service?” “I will,” I said. I felt honored he asked me, someone who had attended and at times taught his adult Sunday School class. Now … Continue reading →
A Mother’s Tragedy Transformed (III)
Stacie Crimm’s plight touches our hearts. She faced the agonizing decision of whether to end her baby’s life–or her own. You can read about her decision in the previous two posts. The Scriptures recognize both the fragility and the unfairness of life. “Man … Continue reading →
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A Mother’s Tragedy Transformed (II)
Excited as she felt to bear a child–after previous medical judgment assessed she would never become pregnant–Stacie Crimm also worried. She described to her brother Ray Phillips her severe headaches, double-vision, and whole-body tremors. “Bubba, if anything happens to me, … Continue reading →
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A Mother’s Tragedy Transformed
Pregnant, with cancer; what does the mother-to-be do? To take life-saving chemotherapy for her brain tumor would destroy her growing baby. Not to do so would destroy her. In July of 2011, Stacie Crimm, 41, single, faced that very decision. … Continue reading →
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The Mystery of Survival (II)
Why, with the same diagnosis and treatment, do some patients survive, but others die? For another response to that question, check out, “The Forgiveness Project: Find Health and Achieve Peace.” Written by Michael Barry, D. Min., Director of Pastoral Care … Continue reading →
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The Mystery of Survival
Why does one patient live, but another die? “Everyone is different,” you answer. You also wonder why I ask such an ignorant question. Well, let me refine the question. Suppose we factor out individual differences in the disease. In other … Continue reading →
