We waited nervously in the lobby of the Ely hospital for a meeting with my dad’s doctor. While we’d learned a day before that Dad — James Sr. — had cancer, we wanted a better idea of how bad it was ...

Hospice Nurse Julie is on a mission to remove the stigma and fear surrounding death. The registered nurse previously worked in the intensive care unit and 'saw a lot of death.' She says on her website ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — End-of-life doulas can provide a unique service to the elderly and their families by normalizing the stages of death and aiding families through the process of loss.

A new study from Central South University in China examined the relationship between nursing interns’ attitudes toward death and their attitudes toward hospice care, finding that emotional responses ...

I’ve spent more than a decade in hospice care, sitting at the bedsides of people facing the final days of their lives. I’ve held hands in hospital rooms, in tents, in prison cells, and in homes that ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Tom was dying, and managing his condition ...

Benzodiazepine and antipsychotics — medications that are primarily used to treat symptoms like anxiety, agitation and delirium — may contribute to a higher risk of death among dementia patients in ...

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that. Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical ...