About a year into his job as an interfaith chaplain at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla., J.S. Park began to have what he calls "really awful death anxiety." "I saw all the ways people could be ...

Different from hospice or palliative care, end-of-life doulas help shepherd patients and loved ones through the process of death.

When I tell people I’m a hospice physician, the most common response is something along the lines of, “That must be so meaningful—helping elderly people in their final moments.” I nod politely. But ...

Though a new Illinois law allows doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives, several Illinois health systems with religious affiliations say they will not participate. OSF HealthCare, ...

The thought of dying in a noisy, chaotic hospital ward – or worse, a corridor – fills Barry Hancock with dread. He has a terminal lung condition and is grateful to be receiving care at a hospice – for ...

J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and... About a year into his job as an interfaith ...