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Trauerbegleitung4|16Children and family grief support
Children and family grief support Martina Hosse-Dolega describes children as wonderful teachers who perceive with open eyes, ears and hearts when something is wrong. Children are close to the threshol
Martina Hosse-Dolega7 minJun 2026
Leserbriefe4|16Readers' opinions
Readers' opinions This section contains reader responses to COLUMBA and to articles from issue 03|2016. Mark Castens praises the magazine for addressing a difficult social topic in a versatile, close-
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion3 minJun 2026
Vorwort3|16Vorwort
Dear readers, Engaging with the subjects of death and dying requires courage. Far too often in our present-day society, shaped by speed and pressure to perform, we push aside the fact that our time is
Emmi Zeulner2 minJun 2026
Thema3|16Competent partners at the doctor's side
Competent partners at the doctor's side Pharmacists do not usually come off very well in the media. Sweeping stereotypes of the pharmacist as a drawer-puller with high pharmacy prices, or the image of
Christian Redmann9 minJun 2026
Statement3|16Statement of a palliative physician
Statement of a palliative physician The palliative medical care of seriously ill and dying people is a great challenge for society, but also for each one of us. Not everything that is medically possib
Dr. Jörg Cuno2 minJun 2026
Kolumne: Wissen und Können3|16What do we already know, what can we already do?
What do we already know, what can we already do? Yesterday evening I sat with fifteen strangers in a large garden at the edge of the city under a cherry tree. The sun dazzled me and burned into my ski
Juliane Uhl5 minJun 2026
Thema3|16Giving problems a different weight
Giving problems a different weight Spring is late on this Schwabing afternoon. Grey hangs over our heads, dull cigarette smoke is scattered across the asphalt as proof that the invitation of the café
Lukas Wilhelmi8 minJun 2026
Trauer3|16Star children
Star children Dear parents, grandparents, siblings, godparents and friends, Your child may have been stillborn or may have had to leave this world early because of illness. Perhaps you have just recei
Helga Schmidtke7 minJun 2026
Gastbeitrag für Columba3|16Confetti & tears
Confetti & tears In a strange way, we are happy. Our daughter was able to die without fear, without pain, at home with us. It tears me apart to write this line. And yet it is true. To lose a child
Nicole Heinrichs5 minJun 2026
Spiritual Care3|16Spiritual care and communication
Spiritual care and communication A chaplain speaks with a young man who will die in the near future. The topics change: Why all this? What will become of my children? Why does my wife not want to talk
Markus Starklauf8 minJun 2026
Körperarbeit3|16Cranio-sacral grief work
Cranio-sacral grief work Cranio-sacral grief work is a form of bodywork that originally emerged from cranio-sacral therapy. CST developed out of osteopathy and is sometimes called the little sister of
Daniela Hofferbert4 minJun 2026
Aromapflege3|16Aromatic care in hospice and on palliative wards
Aromatic care in hospice and on palliative wards Especially when, from a medical point of view, nothing or only very little can still be done, nurses in hospices and on palliative care units still hav
Sabrina Herber7 minJun 2026
Fachgesellschaft3|16The German Society for Palliative Medicine
The German Society for Palliative Medicine The German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP) is a scientific professional society with more than 5,300 members. In the spirit of palliative care, it brin
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion4 minJun 2026
Feedback3|16Letters to the editor
Letters to the editor About Columba (Issue 02|2016) Columba is a magazine that, like a rainbow, unites all the topics that connect heaven and earth. The attractive design of the cover immediately stan
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion2 minJun 2026
Vorwort2|16Vorwort
Dear friends, colleagues and readers, When we launched our new magazine in February of this year, we were entering new territory. It was difficult to estimate how much interest there would be in COLUM
Dr. Jörg Cuno1 minJun 2026