Faith, science and doctors’ struggle with end of life care

Our role is generally not to end life but to prolong it while decreasing suffering. This goal is best served by honoring the ...
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End-of-life care for elderly patients with advanced lung cancer in the United States and Ontario.

Scientific evidence underlying National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines. Background: Although the health care systems in the U.S. and Canada differ, both have ...

Senior living: More people are caring for dying loved ones at home. This nonprofit is shows them how

Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as has ...
Finance Strategists on MSN

Here are the essential aspects of end-of-life care planning

Take control of your future by integrating end-of-life care planning. Learn how to ensure your wishes are respected and ...
The New York Times

Making End-of-Life Decisions

Readers discuss unwanted medical care and choosing to die. To the Editor: Re “Doctors Saved Her Life, Even Over Her Wishes” (front page, Aug. 28): I read with great interest your story about when ...
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Quality goals-of-care documentation can drastically reduce aggressive end-of-life care

Goals-of-care conversations can help clinicians align treatment with patient preferences. Documenting those discussions can ...
America Magazine

Pope Francis: Do not ‘cancel’ the elderly from your life

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on ...