MOVIE

Beginners

2010

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

105 min

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The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine.

Arthur Kleinman

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Connecting through Compassion

For three decades Charles Garfield has trained volunteers to care compassionately for strangers. He shares what he’s learned about the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people.

Charles Garfield

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Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. Now she passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients.

Maggie Callanan

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When Your Spouse Has Cancer

Includes Frequently Asked Questions about how to communicate and cope.

Stanford Medicine

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The Second Shift: Arlie Hochschild

Professor Arlie Hochschild examined what really happens in dual-career households.

1

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Demystifying Hospice: Inside the Stories of Patients and Caregivers

Hospice care is available to patients and families dealing with terminal illness. People often do not avail themselves of hospice care because they don’t understand what it entails.

Karen J. Clayton

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How Generational and Early Life Trauma Shape Our Lives

Along with distorting our fundamental view about the world, and the emergence of traumatic symptoms, unresolved trauma limits our capacity to be fully present; our potential and capacity for real love and intimacy are blocked, as is the ability to feel the intrinsic aliveness, vibrancy, and joy of...

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Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet

Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and a Buddhist teacher.

Joan Halifax, Rebecca Solnit (foreword)

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Death and Dying