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Het woord euthanasie komt uit het Grieks en betekent goede dood of genadedood. De term kent vanuit de geschiedenis verschillende betekenissen en invullingen. Meestal wordt met euthanasie het volgende bedoeld: het op hun eigen verzoek beëindigen van het leven van patiënten die ondraaglijk en uitzichtloos lijden. In de meeste landen is euthanasie bij wet verboden en wordt het vervolgd als een misdrijf. In enkele landen, waaronder Nederland en België, is euthanasie gelegaliseerd.

When you suffer a loss, you enter the realm of "used to be." You used to be married. You used to be employed. You used to be pregnant, secure, healthy, sober, thin. You used to be a son or daughter, a brother or sister, a mother or father. And in that used-to-be space there is deep emptiness, loneliness, and sorrow. It's a place we all dwell for a while. But it's not a place in which we are meant to remain. The path forward includes exploring the unseen elements of grief. With this book, pastor Chuck Elliott and counselor Ashley Elliott light the way to a better future.

It takes time and space to grieve well, but often our culture doesn't afford us these things. Drawing from her own experience with grief, Natasha Smith invites us into a reflection on what it means to grieve and how to cling to hope even in our darkest moments. Instead of providing quick-fix solutions, this book creates space for us to take time to just sit and grieve, learn, and heal in healthy ways.

With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff began to research sustainable practices around death and dying. For McDuff, an educator and environmentalist, what started as a highly personal endeavor expanded into a yearlong exploration and assessment of green burials, aquamation, green cemeteries, home funerals, and human composting. In Our Last Best Act, McDuff bridges the gap between environmental action and religious faith by demonstrating that when the two are combined, they become a powerful force for the greater good

If you are preparing for the end of life—or simply looking to bring more meaning to the here and now—The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared imparts valuable insight to nurture clarity and your internal strength on your journey. This workbook is a first-of-its-kind publication that invites you to process your life and legacy, create remembrance projects, build connections to vital supports, and draft informative wishes and plans for your last chapter.

In 2008, Cain began playing football for Coventry City but in 2012 he had to give up football after an injury put an end to his career. Cain then pursued reality TV, and appeared in shows such as Ex on the Beach, The Challenge and, more recently, SAS: Who Dares Wins. In 2020, life changed for Cain. His 8-week-old daughter, Azaylia, was diagnosed with cancer and passed away aged 8 months. Cain has done his utmost to raise awareness of childhood cancers and raise money, putting himself through grueling physical challenges.

These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.

Award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has spent her career reporting on abuse that happens under the cover of ‘private life'. And yet the story of her own troubled family is one she has always kept locked away. Snyder was eight when her mother died, and her distraught father thrust the family into an evangelical, cult-like existence halfway across the country. Furiously rebellious against this life, she was expelled from school, and then from home. Living out of her car and relying on strangers, she soon found herself masquerading as an adult.

Loslassen ist für die meisten Menschen eine Herausforderung. Denn auch wenn Loslassen tatsächlich weniger Kraft kostet als Festhalten, fühlt es sich in den meisten Fällen doch schwerer an. Wenn auch du dir wünschst, emotional frei zu sein, dann ist Loslassen allerdings eine entscheidende Voraussetzung. Zu wissen, wann man loslassen soll, ist Weisheit. Es auch zu tun, bedeutet Mut. Und wenn man dabei den Kopf oben behält, ist es Würde.

When police told Karen Foster that her eighteen-year-old daughter, Bonnie Craig, had died in a hiking accident, she knew the pieces of the investigation just didn't add up. Bonnie would have never ditched her classes at the University of Alaska to go hiking. And she didn't drive—so how would she have reached McHugh Creek, miles outside of Anchorage, in the first place? Armed with little more than her own conviction, Karen set out to find the truth behind her daughter's death.

'I want to eat everything in this book every single day for the rest of my life' - James Acaster 'Sweet and funny ... as well as genuinely insightful about cooking' - Hadley Freeman, The Sunday Times 'As touching as it is delicious' - The Evening Standard From Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot...

'If not with you, then for you.' It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach too, but that day she didn't. Later, there was a knock at the door. A man had been found unconscious on the...

When the Bough Breaks presents a breakthrough concept of mourning, documenting the process of evolution from initial grief to an altered outlook on life. Excerpts from interviews with fifty parents who lost a child from age five to forty-five trace the road from utter devastation to a revised view of life, resulting in a work that is a tribute to resilience and the indomitable human spirit.

The doctor’s office called. It’s not good news. What comes next? When you are diagnosed with a life-changing illness, it can be overwhelming. While your diagnosis cannot be changed, the way you experience your illness can. In Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest, Dr. Seow and Dr. Winemaker have combined their decades of palliative care research and experience in caring for seriously ill patients. They have harnessed the advice of thousands of patients to create a roadmap that every patient and family will benefit from.

"Alles war perfekt. Job. Haus. Hobby. Eine jahrelange Liebe. Dann kam der Gehirntumor – und mit ihm der Tod. Für mich begann eine Reise durch einen tiefen Tunnel und ein Leben, das ich so nicht gewollt hatte. Natürlich kann ich allein die Glühbirnen wechseln und für die streikende Spülmaschine den Techniker rufen. Aber wir werden nie wieder zusammen frühstücken, nie wieder zusammen ausreiten, nie wieder gemeinsam über das aktuelle Weltgeschehen reden. Der Tod ordnet das Leben neu.

Würdevoll Abschied nehmen und die eigenen Wunden der Trauer heilen. Wie Sie mit dem Verlust eines geliebten Menschen umgehen, wieder Kraft schöpfen und neuen Lebensmut erfahren. Verstirbt jemand im nahen Umfeld, so hinterlässt er zweifelsfrei eine schmerzhafte Lücke, wodurch das emotionale Gleichgewicht der Angehörigen enorm belastet wird. Während die einen nichts als grenzenlose Wut spüren, ziehen sich andere aus dem sozialen Umfeld zurück. Wieder andere lenken sich schon fast zwanghaft mit allerlei Aktivitäten ab, um all die unangenehmen Gefühle und trüben Gedanken zu unterdrücken.

1941. Rupert and Adelaide Stride are raising their two daughters, Clare and Rosa, in the midst of war. When Rupert is called to fight, he dies on the beaches of Dunkirk, leaving his family to fend for themselves. 2023. Decades later, Clare and Rosa have retreated to the annex, trapped in the place where they were raised: Yew Tree House. When the rooms are put up for rent, Jack Harmon sees the perfect spot for a family holiday with his twins and detective Stella Darnell. But then the children discover a skeleton with a hole in its skull hidden in the brambles of a decommissioned WWII pill box.

Ein Freudentanz im Kartoffelkeller, ein Handstand am Rauchfang eines Hochhauses oder eine Nacht im Müll-Container der der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse – fünf Autorinnen und Autoren haben Menschen, die oft nur noch wenige Tage zu leben hatten, nach ihren größten Momenten gefragt: Welche Erinnerungen beschäftigen noch am Sterbebett? Es sind Geschichten mit Pointen, die nur das Leben setzen kann, kleine Vorfälle oder große Dramen, doch sie gehen alle unter die Haut – wie jenen, die sie selbst erlebt und nie wieder vergessen haben.

John Niven's little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes terrifying. In 2010, after years of chaotic struggle against the world, he took his own life at the age of 42. Hoping for the best while often witnessing the worst, John, his younger sister Linda and their mother, Jeanette, saw the darkest fears they had for Gary played out in drug deals, prison and bankruptcy.

Una mañana, cuando las vacaciones escolares recién inician, la narradora de esta novela recibe una terrible noticia: su mamá está muerta. Ahora que han pasado más años de su vida sin su madre que con ella, decide regresar a ese lugar fangoso que es la adolescencia para reconstruir no solo...