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This Happened — August 26: Birth Of Mother Teresa

This Happened — August 26: Birth Of Mother Teresa

Updated Aug. 26, 2024 at 11:20 am Mother Teresa was born on this day in 1910. Who was Mother Theresa? Mother Teresa, born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje (now North Macedonia), was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation that provided care and assistance to […]

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For Terminal Patients, Palliative Care Offers ‘Another Way To Die’

A son holding his mother's hand in a palliative care facility in Oakland, United States on June 26, 2015
A son holding his mother's hand in a palliative care facility in Oakland, United States on June 26, 2015 Mercurywoodrose

Easing pain and ‘old-fashioned’ home care, rather than intensive hospitalization, are proving themselves as better and cheaper ways to treat terminal patients.

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