UK tops end-of-life care index, strong hospice care
UK – Integration of palliative care into NHS and strong hospice movement among reasons for UK ranking first in study of 80
UK – Integration of palliative care into NHS and strong hospice movement among reasons for UK ranking first in study of 80
From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked,
UK – Experts from Kings College London have warned that too few doctors are trained to deal with dying patients. Doctors
SINGAPORE – People should talk to loved ones in advance about how they want to die. Such conversations are always too early
USA – Laura Fry only knew the first man she helped die as “dad.” The 72-year-old man’s lungs and bones were riddled with
UK – I’m worried that if I speak out about the change in the law we so badly need, it will alienate trustees, staff and donors.
A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time. Though the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home—which hospice care provides—many of us spend our last days fearful
The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds—as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax’s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work is a source of wisdom
IRELAND – A bitter day, as a white coffin is carried along a West Cork hillside. Afterwards, red-eyed relatives drink whiskey at the graveside but tradition grants no shelter from cold or loss. At dusk, a motorboat bobs on a river as two strangers
UK – In a life of inevitabilities it is the most obviously inescapable fate of all, yet remarkably few Britons have discussed their death and its aftermath, according to a survey, with little more than a third having made a will. While more than 30% of people