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‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’: hospice workers share 12 lessons about life and death

Hospice and end-of-life workers discuss what they’ve learned from their work and patients in their last moments“Hospice” can be a loaded term. Some see it as synonymous with death...

A Good Death Isn’t Always at Home

We have built a culture that views a death in the I.C.U. as a failure.

As Baby Boomers Enter Their Later Years, New Book Helps Families Face the End of Life with Less Fear and Greater Peace

Few conversations are harder for families than those about death and end-of-life care. Yet as The post As Baby Boomers Enter Their Later Years, New Book Helps Families Face the End...

What Palliative Care Teaches Us About Living Well

Serious illness has a way of narrowing life. As a palliative care physician, I've learned that facing the end of life can teach us more about living well than almost anything else.

The Path to a ‘Good Death’ Starts With a Plan

Readers respond to an I.C.U. doctor’s essay about how we as a society need a new definition of what qualifies as a good death.

A Trial of ICU Care: a true end-of-life story

In another post, I’ve shared the story of Mrs. F, a very ill older woman with cancer who said she didn’t want to go to the hospital, even though she wasn’t on hospice. Now, I want...

Hospice nurse on key signs your loved one is dying – and not just really sick

A hospice nurse has shared the key signs that indicate whether a loved one is in the final stages of life or just seriously ill

「歩けるうちは人は死なない」在宅緩和ケア医が明かす「幸せな最期」

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We have fact sheets for many health conditions. Why isn’t there one for ‘What to do on the day your loved one dies’? | R...

The best doctors understand something that is easy to lose in the machinery of a hospital: death does not turn a person into an administrative task“If you don’t mind, can we start...

We Die of Life

Days after entering hospice care, poet and activist Belinda Manning sat down in an intimate circle of friends who requested her story. Among the many gems that surfaced, one thread...

Hospice waits on a court order when no family can speak for you [PODCAST]

Listen and followApple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeMore apps · Browse all episodes A man is dying. He cannot speak, and no one in his life can say what he would have wanted. Kirsten Enge...

How to Navigate End of Life Planning Without Financial Regret

Losing a family member creates immediate decision fatigue. In Singapore, families are often forced to make dozens of high-stakes choices within six hours of a passing. If you are s...

ICU nurses create toolkit to improve end-of-life care

After nearly 11 years in nursing, Kelsey Stewart still remembers the passing of one of her first patients. “She was in her 40’s and gasping for breath, but much more alert than I e...

End-of-Life Planning After 60: The Shoebox Problem

Most of us know, somewhere in the back of our minds, that we should get our affairs in order. And most of us keep finding reasons to put it off, because the task feels heavy, or mo...

Fransiskushjelpen har et tilbud for dem som ønsker en hjemmedød

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The Start-Up That Helps People Die

Medical aid in dying is now legal in New York. A team of clinical professionals decided to create a practice to help their clients die on their own terms.

Why witnessing death outside the hospital felt different

I’ve been a registered nurse for over eighteen years. I’ve held dying newborns, guided families through their loved one’s final days, and summoned hospital chaplains to honor last...

The true meaning of compassion in health care

The most profound lessons in compassion did not come from textbooks or training. They came from the patients who invited me into their stories. “Will you stay for a little while?”...

A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Someone with Dementia: 5 Essential Tips

There can be huge comfort in end-of-life preparation | Letter

Gill Empson says her husband wanted to make sure that the family would not have a mess to sort out after his death from a terminal illnessSarah Phillips’ article struck such a chor...

The Sunday Best (10/18/2026)

As a hospice physician, Jordan Gurmet discusses a familiar tragedy beyond the emotional weight of medical illness: the sudden, overwhelming ... Read more

End-of-life doctor reveals the haunting sign death may be days away

A doctor with 27 years of experience caring for dying patients has revealed a haunting experience most of his patients have endured just days before their death.

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Overtreatment at the end of life is a spiritual problem

My name is Tony Grandelis. I’m an OB/GYN hospitalist, a medical educator, and a person in long-term recovery from substance use disorder. Through my brand Recovering Healthcare, I...