@article{Ingram_2014, title={Healing at the End of Life: The Voice of the Patient}, volume={1}, url={https://ijwpc.mcgill.ca/article/view/53}, DOI={10.26443/ijwpc.v1i1.53}, abstractNote={<p>In palliative care we have the privilege to care for seriously ill people and their families. Some people value capturing their life story or illness journey on film. I have been fortunate to have been invited into the lives of many people close the end of life for a heartfelt conversation.</p><p>On an interactive iPad incorporated in the poster, the recorded narrative of patients and one bereft spouse the poster audience will experience the lived experience of people close to the end of life as they reflect on their lives. The narratives will demonstrate how each lived with a new found improved quality of life in the face of increasing symptoms, declining functioning and the approaching end of life; otherwise known as healing. Topics of healing and quality of life, patient-centered care, dignity, human development, spirituality and love will be the focus of their stories. The stories lay bare the very practical, emotional, existential, and personal experience central to our provision of whole person care through palliative care. The poster audience will experience a renewed sense of the impact of a dedicated approach to whole person care as experienced through those on the receiving end.</p>}, number={1}, journal={The International Journal of Whole Person Care}, author={Ingram, Cory}, year={2014}, month={Jan.} }