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Midwifing distress at end of life: Missed opportunities?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2013

Karen Fletcher
Karen Fletcher*
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Karen Fletcher, University of Manitoba, 479 Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
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Birth and death are rites of passage, and preparation is important (Richards, 2007). Palliative care clinicians describe end of life as a meaningful stage of life filled with opportunity and mystery. However, in palliative care, we have a tendency to overlook dying as a means of spiritual awakening, and there is little understanding, and little or no demand, among palliative care patients, or in the broader culture, to learn the skills of dying.

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Essay/Personal Refelections
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 81 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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