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Bereavement Counseling Resources

Bereavement Center of Westchester
Patricia Donovan-Duff, MSW
69 Main Street
Tucakahoe, NY. 10707
914-961-2818
Bereavement groups for spouses/partners
and for adults who have lost …READ MORE…

Useful Web Sites

End of Life: Topics and Organizations Links

Aging with Dignity
Five Wishes approach to Advance Directives

Americans for Better Care of the Dying

Advocacy group to improve care at the end of life.

Caring Connections
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), Caring Connections is a national consumer engagement initiative …READ MORE…

Doctors’ Recognition of Approaching Death in Terminal Patients Seen Unreliable

By Will Boggs, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 17 – Physician estimates of survival in terminally ill cancer patients are quite imprecise, especially for patients near death, according to findings published in the August 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. …READ MORE…