Doulas have long been used to bring life into the world, but a growing number in Michigan are helping people and their ...

A jail for sex offenders should have an end-of-life care centre, a watchdog report says. The Independent Monitoring Board ...

In a pastoral Vermont valley, a former hospice chaplain named Suzanne runs a retreat center for artists, health-care workers ...

Several groups, including some religious organizations, remain opposed to the bill. But sponsor Assemb. Amy Paulin (D-New ...

Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led ...

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records.

It is important that a healthcare team is aware of and understands a patient’s goals of care, both medical and personal. But that information, if documented, typically is not placed in a standardized ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Only two other children in New England have been diagnosed with her condition; one died in the first months of life, the ...

An annual report from a prison watchdog has called for urgent repairs to be carried out after reporting an extensive mould problem ...

The family of a father-of-three say they "don't know what they would have done" if it wasn't for a hospice who cared for him ...