Right up there with abortion and stem cell research lies another controversial life or death issue: assisted suicide. If you ask anybody their opinion on the legalization of assisted suicide, you're ..

There is a significant lack of consumer knowledge and communication about palliative and hospice care. After all, what doctor wants to tell a patient they are dying? This conversation can be viewed as..

Death, what an ugly word but we all know it is a realty that everyone meets at some point in their life. A prearranged funeral plan can take a lot of stress off a family during their time of grief. Wh..

After over 13 years working a nurse I had witnessed some weird and wonderful things. Occasionally, one of them stands out as significant. Back in '97-'98 I went to Australia with a one year working vi..

Funerals are ceremony or procession commonly held for deceased persons. The ceremony may be in the forms of a simple memorial service attended by family and friends while it can also be grand State bu..

Dying For a moment put yourself in my shoes. The year is 1970. You are sitting in your biology class. The teacher is writing notes on the board and reading them aloud as she writes. Her subject is ..

Modern medicine is based upon the notion of battle. We battle germs and fight for life. As soon as we feel pain or discomfort, we immediately try to stop it from happening, look for some way to sooth..

The process of dying is one of the great stages of learning of the human soul, often met with fear and resistance, yet even in the presence of these, filled with the growth of the soul in its apprecia..