Hospice

Baxter, The World's Oldest Working Therapy Dog Comforted The Dying

Janet Kinosian | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Janet Kinosian

As an end-of life therapy dog doing sensitive and compassionate end-of-life work, Baxter's job was to comfort those who lay dying while giving intimate aid to those on their transition from life to death.

Stiletto Road

Robert Ellis Gordon | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living


Robert Ellis Gordon

When I took ill in 1989, I discovered what so many others had discovered: that private insurance companies didn't like me any more. Here's what else I've learned since then, and my message to the President.

The Conversation

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living


Barbara Coombs Lee

Patients who had talked with their doctors experienced a more peaceful, pain-free end of life than those tethered to the tubes and machines meant to extend their lives.

When Will Americans Reach the Promised Land of Universal Health Care?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Thomas DeLorenzo

As I fool everyone with my Armani suits, deep down inside I remain a scared boy, praying each day that somehow there will be a end to this crisis called AIDS.

Dying Jade Goody Checks Into Hospice

AP | Posted 03.31.2009 | Entertainment


LONDON — The spokesman for reality television star Jade Goody says she will be spending the weekend in a hospice in eastern England after suffer...