Palliative Care Institute

Title Authored on Link to edit Content
'My Brother Didn't Want a Burial. He Chose to Put His Body to Good Use'

I distinctly remember the day my younger brother, Wayne, first came home from the hospital. I was 4 years old and sitting on my front steps when my mom laid that little baby in my arms, and I thought: He's mine. Wayne and I were close our whole lives. I could talk to him about anything.

2023-01-11
Western's Palliative Care Institute raising awareness around chronic kidney disease 2021-02-23
Western's Palliative Care Institute raising awareness around chronic kidney disease 2021-02-23
Western’s New Palliative Care Minor Approved to Start This Fall; Open to Students in All Disciplines 2020-05-01
Event to inspire Whatcom residents to plan end-of-life medical care

Health care providers are being encouraged to talk to their patients, and community members to their loved ones, about preparing advance directives for medical care.

2017-03-08
WWU to host writer, poet and activist Eli Clare March 7 2017-02-28
Books Can Help Kids Deal with Trauma like Cascade Mall Shooting

“It’s really hard because they should be innocent. They shouldn’t have to worry about walking in a mall. They shouldn’t have to worry about walking down the street. I want my son to play like I did as a child,” said mother Gale Torres.

But today, kids live…

2016-09-28
What are your choices for medical care you want, and don’t want, at the end of life?

Practical, medical and legal issues around death and dying will be the focus of a daylong workshop for the public.

“Death…

2016-09-28
Palliative Care Institute to host end-of-life planning workshop Oct. 28 2016-08-03
Chandran, Corbin co-author article on caregiver experiences in palliative care 2016-05-12
Subscribe to Palliative Care Institute