March 15, 2002

For five years, the MGH Palliative Care Services staff has been instrumental in treating patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The team, comprised of specially trained physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers, provide a welcome resource for MGH clinicians in caring for such patients. To celebrate their fifth anniversary at the hospital, the Palliative Care staff hosted a special presentation March 6 by renowned author and lecturer, Rabbi Earl Grollman (at right).

An expert in bereavement and grief counseling, Grollman is well known for his books, such as Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child, and Living when a Loved One has Died.

At the MGH presentation, Grollman gave advice about how to talk to children about dying and death.