Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think ...

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 ...

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

A physician’s personal story reveals why dying with dignity in America too often requires a fight, and why end-of-life care must change.

Hospice care is a type and philosophy of care that centers on the palliation of a terminally or seriously ill patient's pain ...

We know how difficult it is to sit with a loved one who's dying. As they near the end of their life, especially if they have a terminal illness or are in hospice, it's natural to want to watch them ...

As New York state moves toward the implementation of Medical Aid in Dying legislation, Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care (CHPC) is reaffirming its unwavering commitment to supporting individuals ...

Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics increased risk of death, compared to hospice patients not prescribed the drugs The drugs are handed out to manage agitation, anxiety and delerium THURSDAY, Oct. 16, ...

For the first time since the early 20th century, more people in United States are dying at home than at the hospital, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on ...