Hospice nurse reveals the exact time people are most likely to die and it’s fascinating

Some people get panic attacks just imagining the inevitable end of their life. It’s an extremely uncomfortable and i ...
Washington Times

What the dying can teach us: Hospice nurses bring end-of-life care into the open

The best way to stop fearing death, it turns out, may be to learn about it from hospice nurses. This realization has turned some hospice nurses into social media stars, as thousands follow them to ...
The Conversation

Dying is more painful when society won’t listen – stories of financial hardship that show how end‑of‑life care needs to change

I’m stuck in here with nowhere to sit outside as I can’t walk to the park anymore. I need my mum staying with me and she’s on the couch – there’s no spare bedroom. I just feel trapped up here. Every ...
Independent.ie

‘I’ve been with thousands of dying people and people do joke around’ – What new books from a hospice nurse, ICU doctor and philosopher tell us about death

What can people who die and are resuscitated teach the rest of us about living our best lives? Telling people his new book is about exactly such patients usually leads to one of two reactions, says Dr ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

With only 3 women left, an Amazon tribe faced extinction. An unexpected birth now brings hope

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of ...
The Conversation

We studied 20 places around the world and found the most common diseases linked with voluntary assisted dying

More and more countries are legalising voluntary assisted dying. This lets a doctor, or sometimes a nurse practitioner, give life-ending medication to an eligible person who requests it. As of 2023, ...