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 ...

Death is one of the most profound and inevitable events we experience as human beings. Despite its universality, much about death remains shrouded in mystery. However, recent scientific advances are ...

Much of my clinical practice was with individuals who had brain tumors and terminal neurological diseases. While I initially feared what it would be like to work with my patients during this phase of ...

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 ...

“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 ...