A new study from Flinders University researchers describes the perspectives of aged care staff on when and how they ...

For many people, death is an uncomfortable and anxiety-provoking topic. Conversations about dying may evoke fear, sadness, grief, and uncertainty. In some cultural and religious traditions, speaking ...

When we let subscribers to our weekday texts know that we were about to begin a yearlong series on end-of-life decisions, and issues, more than 160 responded, most with heartfelt accounts of their own ...

Doctors encounter death and dying significantly more than most people. It's the price of saving lives and helping people. Medical students in the U.S., however, receive little or no formal training in ...

Conversations about death are moving into more social settings. KPBS health reporter Heidi de Marco says one local group is making them less intimidating by hosting them at a bar. At Poseidon Project ...

If you're sensitive to seeing death on screen, you shouldn't watch The Pitt. Set in a major city's emergency room, on the hit medical procedural, death is inevitable, and frequent. In fact, it occurs ...

Whether or not humans are ready, AI predictions are quietly set to become part of end-of-life medical decisions. Could an artificial intelligence algorithm used for end-of-life care decisions predict ...

One vote on the Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life issue has already taken place. It was voted at the recent town meeting (Monday, March 5) by residents of Cornwall. Regarding feelings and ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Logan Patterson graduated in May 2025 from Washington State University’s College of Medicine and is currently a resident at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. During his four years of medical ...