Having those conversations proactively can actually ... take stock of what details would be helpful to know in the event of ...

Focus on safety, not death Death can be scary. So, instead of starting the conversation focused on end-of-life issues, center it around patient safety. Say something like, "Mom and Dad ...

The difficult conversations are often the most important ones. This is true of the end-of-life conversations that need to take place between patients and medical professionals. Once no cure can be ...

How should doctors approach end-of-life conversations? STAT’s coverage also tells personal stories of those with cancer, Alzheimer’s, or other diseases.

I’ve seen how critical it is for families to discuss end-of-life topics sooner rather than later. These conversations can be hard, and messy and we might not do them “perfect” and that’s okay.

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Conversations about the ethical, legal, and theological dimensions of end-of-life decisions were reignited as global news sources reported on the controversy. The sheer number of written pieces ...

His role in the Fostering End-of-Life Conversations, Community and Care among LGBT Older Adults project was concerned with the development of the British Columbia End-of-Life Resource Inventory, ...

The first wind phone appeared in Japan in 2010, and the concept has since spread around the world. Training paramedics to provide home-based palliative care lets severely ill patients remain at ...

Sarah Paterson is a research assistant on the TVN funded project 'Fostering End-of-Life Conversations, Community and Care among LGBT Older Adults' in the Halifax region. Her research interests include ...