Most of us don’t know what to expect when a loved one is dying. How could we? We may never have spent significant time with someone who has an illness that will ultimately take their lives. Moreover, ...

In a recent episode of the popular HBO Max medical drama “The Pitt,” an emergency department nurse moonlights as a death doula for a woman with terminal cancer. While birth doulas have become a ...

Straight away, she told me she wasn’t going to let the illness progress. She wanted to end this at Dignitas. I was really shocked – firstly about her diagnosis, but also about her immediate decision ...