For centuries, humans have thought of death as a single, dramatic instant - the final heartbeat, the last breath, the moment ...

In the final episode of the FX series Dying for Sex, a hospice nurse with an oddly comforting sense of enthusiasm explains to a patient what to expect as she dies. “Death is not a mystery. It is not a ...

While my family sits with our ailing father in the difficult time between life and death, my niece, Lindsey offered invaluable insight as a former hospice nurse. Her calm and open demeaner about the ...

The Nov. 8, 2016 California ballot included two death penalty related Propositions: 62 and 66. Prop. 62 would have outlawed the death penalty. I recommended a “yes” vote. It was defeated. Prop. 66 ...

When medical professionals note a patient’s temperature dropping in the final hours of life, they’re witnessing one of the most reliable biological signals of approaching death. This temperature ...

Community is a nurse-led initiative in UCLA’s cardiothoracic intensive care unit that supports patients, their families and unit staff during the dying process. It gives nursing staff tools to care ...

Understandably, no topic is more fraught with denial, anxiety, and avoidance than that of considering one’s mortality. Much of the work on the “good death” has focused on end-of-life or palliative ...

A California hospice nurse is pulling back the curtain on what people regret most in their final moments—and it’s a stark reminder to cherish life while you still can. Julie McFadden, a veteran nurse ...

What do animals know about death? It's a question Charles Darwin himself pondered. "Who can say what cows feel, when they surround and stare intently on a dying or dead companion?" the biologist wrote ...

What Happens to a Bank Account After Death? When a person with a bank account passes away, their financial institution ...

“Death is a part of life, death is a part of life, death is a part of life.” That was the mantra that pounded in my brain as I drove to New York City, boarded a flight to Zurich with my sister Nancy ...