Plan for end of life care guided by Laura Letson
A Knight Ridder piece outlines a patient-centered end of life plan, urging calm information gathering, clear doctor communication, and family involvement. It stresses addressing fears, pain control, and movement toward palliative care and hospice, framing dying as a meaningful life phase. It directs readers to www ljworld com section dying for further resources and community support.
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Douglas County
Ci. Lawrence
Cilawrence
End of Life Care Focus Aims to Reform Across Care
Scholar Schiefelbusch urges stable emotional support for dying patients stressing reduced pain isolation and guilt. He envisions new caregiver roles, a community network, reforms in insurance and laws, broader palliative care and end of life planning like power of attorney, with TV segments and local groups offering guidance and resources.
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Schiefelbusch
Web site on death questions ease end of life planning
Growth House Inc a San Francisco based information service provides an online package at growthhouse.org with resources on life threatening illnesses grief issues and legal topics like wills and estate planning The site highlights its mission recent additions and offers a topic index search tools and contact details to navigate end of life topics hospice pain management and death with dignity for better preparation
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Growth House Inc
Growthhouse.org
Growth House
Exhibit Reveals Northwest Coast Life at KU Museum
A KU Museum of Anthropology exhibit shows Northwest Coast American Indians through 130 items from George W. Reed’s 1900s collection. The display covers tools, masks, baskets, potlatches, and “tourist” art, with pieces from Nootka, Tlingit, and Makah peoples. It runs through March 8 with hours 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 1 to 5 pm Sundays.
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Kansas University
Museum of Anthropology
Northwest Coast
Kim Taylor
George W. Reed
Washburn University
Topeka
Ialsa
Reed
Kansas
Taylor
Northwest
California
Alaska
Green Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
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Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence.lib
Kansas Home Care ‘Assn
Older Women's League
Sican
Interfaith Caring Neighbors
Susan Coburn
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