October 2006 | Table of Contents

Cover Story

Death's Toll

By Richard Broderick

As professionals, doctors are taught to detach themselves from their patients. As human beings, they often suffer grief when those patients die. How do they reconcile their feelings?

Face to Face

Loss Leader

By Carmen Peota

Ben Wolfe has made a life out of helping the people in Duluth come to terms with death and the grief that goes with it.

Perspective

Going Gracefully

By Janis Amatuzio, M.D.

Lessons learned well before they are needed are put to use when we face a loved one's death

Tales of an Empty Nest

By Maggie O'Connor, M.D.

A physician-mother confronts the grief that comes when children leave home.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Helping People Cope with Bereavement: An Opportunity for Health Care Providers to Link Web-based Resources across Minnesota

By Aminah Jatoi, M.D., Jane A. Jacobs, Elizabeth Zimmerman, M.B.A., Mary E. Johnson, Phuong L. Nguyen, M.D., and Lynn C. Hartmann, M.D.
 

Healing from Loss: Using Clinical Hypnosis to Help Navigate the Way

By Kelly Grosklags, M.S.W., LICSW, BCD
 

Editor's Note

Living with Loss

Letters

MMA News

MMA 2006 House Sets Policy
New MMA President Urges Engagement
MMA Gives Distinguished Service, Other Awards
MMA Elects New Officers