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 ...

How you approach end-of-life care for yourself or a loved one is a personal and important decision. You may consider hospice care, a death doula, or both to guide you during this time. Here’s what ...

A class entitled "Exploring Death and Dying" will be offered at the South Coast Hospice Community Bereavement and Education Center, 1620 Thompson Road, Coos Bay, beginning Jan. 7. The classes will be ...

A hospice nurse says we shouldn’t fear death – and it is the most normal experience humans have. Penny Hawkins Smith, 62, has 20 years of experience being by people’s bedside when they die. She said ...

New York’s Medical Aid in Dying is often framed as compassion guided by medical expertise. But is the legislation prescribing ...

As New York expands the legal framework for end-of-life choice, it must also ensure hospice remains strong, offering the ...

As a general internist who also does hospice part-time, I have been interested in Jimmy Carter’s hospice experience. He entered hospice in February 2023. When I read the news, I expected he would die ...

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 ...

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One of the United Kingdom’s leading experts in bioethics has warned that hospices may be forced to offer assisted death out of fear of losing their funding. Pia Matthews, senior lecturer in health ...