The Music Thanatologist helping the dying
USA – Jennifer Hollis is a professional Music Thanatologist. Song has been shown to help ease suffering.
USA – Jennifer Hollis is a professional Music Thanatologist. Song has been shown to help ease suffering.
UK – Hospitals should allow dying patients a tot of whiskey to ease their final days, a leading doctor has said,
UK – Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live day-to-day, concludes a rare study of
USA – Most people avoid the topics of aging and dying like the plague. Erica Hollack, author of “Live Well, Die Well,”
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears,
USA – I was working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a medical resident when I learned that my 89-year-old
UK – Inquiry into end-of-life care finds some doctors carry on giving treatment to dying patients because of pressure
There is an unspoken dark side of modern medicine–keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones.
