As patients near the end of life with a terminal diagnosis, some may decided they will seek medical care only for comfort and ...

In medicine, we are trained to fight disease. We learn how to resuscitate, intubate and extend life using every tool ...

Rosalynn Carter, who is 96, announced on Friday that she has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia. The former first lady and former President Jimmy Carter, 99, are now spending time with each ...

Gulfside Hospice, in Pasco County, provides three types of care for people with chronic or advanced illness. At the heart of Gulfside’s mission, Gulfside Hospice serves those at the end of life, ...

Most people are not familiar with the value hospice can provide in the last months, weeks or days of life. There is no need to be afraid of hospice, and healthcare providers should encourage their ...

Patients with certain types of cancer are not using hospice services and hospice use is not equitable among patients from minority groups. Use of hospice services by patients with cancer has increased ...

Just because death is inevitable doesn’t make it easy or natural to talk about. In a new study, researchers wondered if hospice workers—experts in end-of-life care—had lessons to teach the rest of us ...

Deborah Nanyonga, who’s battling cervical cancer, with her children Prosper (left) and Jovia outside their home near Uganda’s ...