Patients' end-of-life decisions challenge nurses to improve palliative care, symptom management, and patient advocacy, and examine ethical issues. When terminally ill patients take charge of the ...

Focus on safety, not death Death can be scary. So, instead of starting the conversation focused on end-of-life issues, center it around patient safety. Say something like, "Mom and Dad ...

Debate should focus on "accompanying life to its natural end through a wider development of palliative care", said the pontiff. "People at the end of their lives need to be supported by assistants ...

Opponents of the original bill saw it, on the contrary, as a courageous choice that endeavors to respect the plurality of ...

The 2016 version ends in 2026 and the 2019 edition, redubbed Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) will stop on January 9, 2029.

In Brody’s view, there is no better time to discuss these issues than the present, particularly since the Israel-Hamas War has impacted people’s feelings about end-of-life issues. RABBI JASON ...

Dan Winter’s advocacy for ending his life is discussed by dementia researcher Lewis Cohen, hospice specialist Jeff Zesiger, ...

Terminally ill Floridians could be given additional options to end their lives after a new measure was filed Friday. The bill ...

But you could get approved for a guaranteed issue with little to no waiting time. If you want to help your family with end-of-life costs but don't qualify for the traditional policy, consider ...

STAT’s coverage on the end of life touches on patients, clinicians, and the medical system as a whole. Stories and perspective pieces explore difficult questions: What should medical care ...

Two noted wound experts are calling for research that could lead to a universal definition of and diagnosis criteria for end-of-life skin failure.