Death is certain for all of us, one way or another, and we usually don't get to know what it feels like until the time comes. It's something a lot of us fear, whether it's dying naturally or from an ...

The British Parliament’s recent emotional debate and vote regarding physician-assisted suicide underscores the complexity of the issue. The proposed bill passed with a narrow margin in the House of ...

Do our lives really flash before our eyes in death? A once-in-a-lifetime brain scan offers a glimpse at what the mind might be doing in our final moments. Death is perhaps the only thing we are ...

When a human dies, the body doesn't simply switch off all at once. Different organs stop working at different times, depending on how much oxygen they need and how reliant they are on blood flow.

With hospitals and health systems looking for better ways to support patients with serious illness, a new resource is showing up as an addition to inpatient care teams: death doulas. Also known as end ...