by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 4, 2018 |
How to Help a Friend Who Is Grieving Witnessing a loved one’s suffering often feels intolerable. That’s why it’s common to want to rush in and help when someone close to you is grieving. But many of us aren’t sure exactly what that entails. What do you say? What don’t...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 4, 2018 |
Great Compilation of Healing Movie Quotes Examining our beliefs through life and death through healing movie...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 4, 2018 |
What Doctors Don’t Learn About Death and Dying I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them. I was given a dry, leathery corpse to dissect in my first term — but that was solely a way to learn about human anatomy. Our textbooks...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 3, 2018 |
Death is not the end: Fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe Relatives and friends arrive in all black and take seats in the church or synagogue pews for a somber ceremony where prayers are said, memories are shared and tears are shed. The attendees walk...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 2, 2018 |
Bereavement in Adult Life- A Medical Look at Grief After a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or child, up to a third of the people most directly affected will suffer detrimental effects on their physical or mental health, or both. Such bereavements increase...
