Stories from a home for terminally ill children | Kathy Hull
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2017
- To honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the George Mark Children's House. Its mission: to give terminally ill children and their families a peaceful place to say goodbye. She shares stories brimming with wisdom, joy, imagination and heartbreaking loss.
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That was incredibly moving. I live in the United Kingdom and a cousin of mine was in a hospice for the final 8 months of his life and I am still, even to this day (3 years on), convinced he lived longer than predicted just because of the love he was given in there. I support you 100% in your effort to create more establishments in the US and wish you nothing but good luck.
Sorry for your loss
Our healthcare system is based on compassion rather than only being available to those that can afford it - our NHS is not perfect, but I hope the US sees how having more hospices are beneficial and are a dignified approached to providing care.
I feel it's important to add that George Mark Children's House was co-founded by Dr. Barbara Beach, an oncologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and Kathy Hull. Barbara and Kathy invested an amazing amount of compassion, kindness, and hope into first building GMCH and then providing care to the patients and their families. Thank you, Barbara and Kathy.
Oh man, I was about to ball like a kid. God bless people like her and the hard work that they do!!
aisatsana 88 Thanks..I thought I had that. I'll just blame it on autocorrect
The world needs more people like her
What a beautiful soul 💛🌻
what makes her amazing is when she spoke, she believed in what she said and said it with a passion. she needed to tell this story. One of the best TED talks. amazing...
i didn't cry. came really really close though. what this lady is doing is amazing.
What a loving and caring lady Kathy Hull is. May God bless her and others like her who care for sick children in their last days.
Noble calling.
Kathy Hull you are a hero. What a wonderful service you provide for all those families in deep crisis. To turn that crisis and make it into a lasting piece of art for the heart to cherish. You are a hero. Many blessing to you.
A truly awesome story and an interesting perspective on the end of life. Just like these kids, the elderly should be able to enjoy the last stages of their life as well.
Your an Amazing Person!!!! Your an Angel!!!!!
This is the best TED talk I've seen yet. Thank you, Kathy.
I've had the fortune to spend a little bit of time with children with life threatening illnesses and their families through Make A Wish foundation, but not in a hospice environment. The families surrounding these children during these times are going through a combination of emotions that is like no other. Its wonderful that there are at least two locations where children and their families can go that is peaceful. I will look into ways of supporting some of the other efforts in progress so that the number can grow.
If we ever start cloning human beings we need to start with her!!! God bless your heart and soul mam.
Beautiful and eloquently explained.inmy country we have many frameworks just like this one.God bless this wonderful psychologist
I'm not crying... I- I've just got something in my eyes.... You're the one who's crying..
Keith Shelton well you weren't wrong
Like, even though their lives are hosed, you bring them so much joy. You go, girl!
This is beautiful.
very touching speech mam.........
8:57 I really should stop cutting onions while watching TED Talks...
Wow thank you very much 😢😢😢😢😭
such a lovely lady!
Really great talk
There is still lack of awareness on palliative care in the world, much less specifically for young people. Most people ponder about meaning of life but rarely the meaning of death. If we can be more open to discuss such topics, there can be less shock and denial when we handle this part of our life journey together.
Hospice care may also be viewed as a privileged form of service for those that can afford. I wonder if poor dying patients also get to enjoy a dignified journey to their end of life.
bless you kathy. 💙😊
She sounds like marge - but I love her message.
I'd like to think her lemon pin is dedicated to Crystal.
This lady is a saint
👏👏👏
my eyes are sweating......
sad
Hi (sorry for my bad english)
Just totally gunna ignore that checkered floor…. Got it…
Google talks are so boring compared to TED talks.
I thought it said 'house for terminally ill chickens' lmao
same, except i read children as cats for some reason
She is a modern American Mother Teresa.
What did the librarian say to the children?
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I want to sleep when people tell so slowly and sading
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