Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center updated its web-based online patient portal to make it easier for patients to add and care teams to access end of life care plans, according ...

Not all versions of Medicare are created equal—and when it comes to end-of-life care, some versions may serve a patient's needs better than others. That's the focus of newly published research by ...

Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and preferences.

Access to quality end-of-life care can mean the difference between comfort and distress in a person’s final days. Yet, millions of Americans still struggle to receive the end-of-life care they deserve ...

End of life decision making is not just about living wills. More important than specifying what you want is specifying who ...

A new survey revealed that most doctors would decline aggressive treatments, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), ventilation, or tube feeding for themselves if faced with advanced cancer or ...

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis call or text 988 to the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7. “Can’t I do something to end this?” George asked his doctor. He was dying ...

A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told. A consultant in palliative care ...

Healing Hearts, Changing Minds (HHCM) today announced the seven awardees of Walking Each Other Home: A Fund to Promote ...

Analysis of the medical records of 1,269 elderly patients with advanced cancer by researchers at the University of Tsukuba ...

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My wife of 32 years passed away five years ago from ovarian cancer. The disease ravaged her gastrointestinal tract, making it difficult for her to maintain nutrition and, perhaps more critically, ...