Terminally ill people with disabilities face multiple barriers when seeking physician aid in dying (PAD) in the United States. The first is legality. Efforts to legalize the practice have been thwarted in dozens of states in part due to vocal opposit...
Background: Last Aid Courses (LACs) for the public aim to enhance the public discussion about dying, death and grief and to increase the awareness for palliative care throughout the whole society. Based on the wishes and needs of professionals from h...
This essay considers the ambiguities of over-reliance on medical–technological solutions to human problems, particularly the problem of mortality, and suggests that a recovery of dialogue and relationality, at multiple levels, would aid in rest...
24 August 2020
Burnout in healthcare professionals can lead to adverse effects on physical and mental health, lower quality of care, and workforce shortages as employees leave the profession. Hospice professionals are thought to be at particularly high risk for bur...