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

For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the Unite

From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody shoul

Originally published as a series of articles in Missouri medicine.

A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time. It is harder to die in this coun