Once defiant of death--or even in denial--many American families and health care professionals are embracing the notion that a life consumed by suffering may no

Once defiant of death—or even in denial—many American families and health care professionals are embracing the notion that a life consumed by suffering may

When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suff

Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfu

The rubric "Quality of Life" first came to the explicit attention of the medical profession a little over thirty years ago. Despite the undoubted fact that each