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Honesty, not forgetting, and our fragile world

Linking ecological action and clinical encounters

Sarah de Leeuw
Canadian Family Physician April 2017; 63 (4) 308-311;
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    PHOTO Mrs Esther Moscovitch shares the lessons she is learning in palliative care with Dr Zigby at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Que.

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    PHOTO LEFT Mrs Esther Moscovitch describing her experiences as a nurse in the 1950s.

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    PHOTOS RIGHT (Top down) Dr Zigby counseling 2 women about the care options for their dying mother on the palliative care unit. Dr Zigby and resident Dr Michèle Houde discussing cases on the palliative care ward. Marguerita Jean-Charles sharing her thoughts on a patient’s needs in the palliative care unit.

    PHOTOGRAPHER Andrée Lanthier, Longueuil, Que

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