Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever worked closely with a dying patient as a medical professional, you may know how sensitive this time with them can ...

Everyone with whom the dying patient comes in contact is cast in the role of therapist. These persons include nurses, hospital attendants, doctors, visitors and others who pass by regularly. Each one ...

Extraordinary things happen in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The sick rise from bed with new hearts and lungs. Machines valiantly take over for faltering ...

Dying patients and their loved ones are being "let down" by inadequate communication, a failing that is "adding to their grief," an ombudsman has warned.

Nurses have given a "devastating" insight into the "corridor care crisis" in NHS hospitals with testimony of patients dying in temporary escalation areas, staff unable to access lifesaving equipment ...

End-of-life medical care poses many dilemmas for hematologists as they consider treatment for their dying patients. Where do the wishes of patients and their loved ones fit in? Is home care the best ...

Brittany Maynard chose medical aid in dying after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Maynard's husband, Dan Diaz, became her caregiver and supported her decision to move to Oregon for access ...