Older people with less wealth showed a higher burden of symptoms when they approached the end of their lives compared with those who had more wealth, a study found. The report was published in JAMA ...

Medicare recognizes the importance of end-of-life planning and what you’d like your future care to look like. Its advance care planning benefit is part of your annual wellness appointment. During your ...

Life is full of developmental stages, from prenatal to early childhood, adolescence, and middle and late adulthood. What’s often left out of the equation is death and dying, according to Karen Wyatt, ...

A hospice doctor who oversees the care of terminally ill patients in their final moments has detailed exactly what happens to the body when we're dying. Death is usually marked when a patient's heart ...

Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient's personal beliefs and values ...