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Videos

Palliative Care: You Are a Bridge (Get Palliative Care)
Palliative care is like the foundation of a bridge. An illness may weaken the foundation, but the palliative care team is there to give you a stronger layer of support.

Precious Life, Meaningful Choices
Within the population of children & families requiring palliative care, there are children with multiple special needs. The families of these children embrace their child’s life with courage, love and hope, in the midst of uncertainty.

In the film, Precious Lives, Meaningful Choices you will meet four families who share experiences.

Love and Sorrow: Dealing with the death of a child with special needs
In this video you will meet four parents who have experienced the death of a special needs child. These parents speak openly about their children and the many grief experiences they have encountered.

Lost Innocence: Dealing with the death of a young child
In this video you will meet three parents who have experienced the death of a young child. These parents speak openly about their children and the many grief experiences they have encountered.

Current as of: November 21, 2018

Author: Provincial Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Alberta Health Services

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