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Helping Family and Loved Ones |
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 Introduction
The person dying is never the only person who is affected by illness
and death: family, loved ones, and friends are, too. Entire communities
can mourn a death. Many others will feel your loss as their own. During
your illness, family and loved ones will have to make decisions and
support one another. And they will have to make practical arrangements
to help you. It would help if everyone recognized that families and
close friends are really "going through it" with a seriously ill or
dying loved one. Here you will find some stories and advice about
family togetherness and caregiving. |
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Adapted from The
Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness,
by Joanne Lynn and Joan Harrold, copyright by Joanne Lynn, used by
permission of Oxford University Press.
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