End-of-life charity 'sad' to lose home care contract
An charity has said it is "saddened" that its home care service for end-of-life patients is set to end. Marie Curie's ...
Nursing leaders admit patients could choose assisted dying due to poor palliative care
England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty warned against rushing to meet ‘firm deadline’ for as he gave evidence to MPs ...
Concord Monitor9d
End-of-life-care option bill in New Hampshire stirs conversation on death
The former chief justice of the state Supreme Court is the prime sponsor of House Bill 254, known as “The New Hampshire End ...
Florida Politics22h
Terminally ill patients could be offered end-of-life medications
Terminally ill Floridians could be given additional options to end their lives after a new measure was filed Friday. The bill ...
Nuffield Trust3d
Why is it so difficult to estimate expenditure on health and care at the end of life?
Our new report today with the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by Marie Curie, is the most comprehensive analysis of ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News8d
Pressure mounts to understand end-of-life skin failure as regulatory and legal costs rise
Two noted wound experts are calling for research that could lead to a universal definition of and diagnosis criteria for end-of-life skin failure.
Too Old to Operate3d
Prioritization of Goals of Care Among Providers in Surgical Settings
The following is a summary of “Recognizing the Need for Goals of Care Conversations Among Critically Ill Surgical Patients,” ...
It's time to honor patient autonomy: Pass end-of-life legislation for Delaware | Opinion
I would work to see medical aid-in-dying legislation enacted. MAID is fundamentally about the right of individuals to make ...
The American Journal of Managed Care8d
Medicare Advantage Enrollees Use Less End-of-Life Home Health Care, Study Finds
Medicare Advantage enrollees, particularly Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander decedents, use less end-of-life home health care than those enrolled in traditional Medicare.