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When serious illness strikes, families must make complex decisions with little guidance. SHIFA-PC tests whether structured, step-by-step education can improve understanding, reduce caregiver burden, and transform how families support loved ones in palliative care.

(NYT) – Some consider the regular feeding of late-stage dementia patients to be nonnegotiable. Others see it as extending life unnecessarily. Within a few years of that, Ms. Lawson could utter only a string of unintelligible sounds and had lost … Read More

Growing evidence underscores the importance of hope in shaping patients’ experiences. In the context of illness, hope regulates emotions, supports resilience, helps patients face uncertainty, and sustains the belief that life remains meaningful and worth living, even in adversity. While its relevance is well documented, very few approaches actively cultivate hope for its possible indirect therape…

The day I was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, I knew my life would end with euthanasia I chose to die at 44 because ALS ( motor neurone disease ) left me paralysed. I still loved my life, even to the last day. It all started in December 2023, when I lost strength in my right arm, and my pinky finger was going in all directions. I went to see my GP and did physiotherapy because they thought …

Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-45072-5 An optimisation framework for resource allocation in palliative and end-of-life care

Australian actor says the death of her mother in 2024 inspired the new direction Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Nicole Kidman has revealed her next role: death doula. The Australian actor revealed she is now training to be a death doula – professionals who provide emotional, physical and psychological support to the dying – while speaking at the University of San Francisco. Continue …

Amar Bansal, MD, and Gina Piscitello, MD, MS, are among the 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Early-Career Physician Award recipients, honoring compassionate, patient-centered care at the end of life.

An intensive care unit is a place where life is maintained with the help of advanced medical equipment. But it is also a place where life sometimes ends. In cases where it becomes clear that life-sustaining care is no longer meaningful, but should be changed into end-of-life care, the healthcare staff has a particularly great […] The post Losing a family member in an intensive care unit appeared …

Advanced liver disease (ALD) occurs when significant scarring causes the liver to lose function. Patients with ALD often have serious health challenges but have limited access to palliative care that could improve their quality of life.

What happens to kids who experience terminal lucidity—and the caregivers who tend to them The post The Dying Children Who Suddenly Wake Up appeared first on Nautilus .

A group in rural California wants to help us understand death through hallucinogens and narrative medicine The post Tripping at Death’s Door: Psychedelics in End-of-Life Care appeared first on Nautilus .

A new Swansea University study using population-scale data, has revealed insights into how people use health and care services in their final year of life and highlights the need for better identification and support for people needing palliative care

Fifteen years ago, 75-year-old Pakistani American Herma Ali was diagnosed with Stage III Breast Cancer at Stanford Medical Center. The Stanford breast cancer team endowed with the appropriate Pakistani cultural care of assessment and treatment for Herma’s disease. To respect Islamic traditional beliefs, they didn’t use the word “cancer” to elucidate the treatments and diagnoses... The post End of…

Comforting patients as they prepare to transition, navigating end-of-life regrets and frayed relationships, and providing support and advice for fearful families with Heather Meyerend, a retired hospice nurse. How does she know when the end is imminent? And what has the work taught her about the different ways we deal with death? [buzzsprout episode='17188912' player='true'] View the episode tran…

In palliative care of seriously ill and dying patients, healthcare professionals deal not only with medical needs, but also with the existential needs of patients and their families. Although the palliative healthcare teams can receive support from professions that focus on existential conversations, it is the physicians and not least the nurses, care assistants, physiotherapists […] The post Exi…

Patients receiving palliative care via telehealth report similar quality-of-life scores compared to those who had in-person care, according to a multicenter clinical trial recently published in JAMA. The post Virtual Palliative Care Outcomes Similar to In-Person, Study Finds appeared first on News Center .

Most members of the ICU team, and the palliative care consultant, believe that prognosis is poor and death is imminent. Their patient is still Full Code, however, and his wife and daughter are adamant that providers “continue to do everything that will work.” The post Case Study – A Multidisciplinary Healthcare Team Disagrees appeared first on Center for Practical Bioethics .

Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association honored our CEO John Carney with the Heart of Hospice Visionary Award at a virtual event on May 4. The post CEO John Carney Honored by Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association appeared first on Center for Practical Bioethics .

80-year male with multiple medical problems is nonresponsive to medical teams. The post The Case of Non-Beneficial Care appeared first on Center for Practical Bioethics .

What is the role of treatment direction in end-of-life care? The post End of Life: Treatment Redirection appeared first on Center for Practical Bioethics .