New York earlier this month became the 14th state with an aid-in-dying law on the books, thanks to a trend that is ushering ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a growing number of states, terminally ill patients now have a legal option that would have been unthinkable to many Americans a generation ago: a doctor’s prescription that ...

End-of-life care includes plenty of laughter, Kath Murray — who's been a hospice nurse and educator for more than 40 years — ...

Most people fear a dramatic, painful end. Hospice experience reveals a quieter truth that may ease anxiety and change how you think about death.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Medical Aid in Dying is now a reality in the state of New York. The legislation signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul put end of life care in the forefront of the minds of ...

Nothing seemed to help the patient -- and hospice staff didn't know why. They sent home more painkillers for weeks. But the elderly woman, who had severe dementia and incurable breast cancer, kept ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A Missouri company is taking an Iowa health care provider to court, accusing it of trying to poach dying hospice patients. National Hospice Management Inc., ...

Physicians in the U.S. are only marginally more likely to die at home or in hospice than other Americans, according to study results.“There have been considerable public health efforts aimed at ...

Palliative care physician, Dr. Mapa, and ALS researcher, Dr. Leitner, comment on the life and death for patients with ALS as well as future researchers.