In the final episode of the FX series Dying for Sex, a hospice nurse with an oddly comforting sense of enthusiasm explains to a patient what to expect as she dies. “Death is not a mystery. It is not a ...

There are so many phenomena that are scary, unsettling, maybe even a bit morbid, and yet also happen to be deeply fascinating. For instance, when the sun slowly swells and swallows the planets in its ...

J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a ...

Death can be an uncomfortable and scary topic. But J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author of As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve, says talking about it can help us prepare for and process ...

Community is a nurse-led initiative in UCLA’s cardiothoracic intensive care unit that supports patients, their families and unit staff during the dying process. It gives nursing staff tools to care ...

When medical professionals note a patient’s temperature dropping in the final hours of life, they’re witnessing one of the most reliable biological signals of approaching death. This temperature ...

A hospice nurse has lifted the lid on the signs she sees most often in the final 24 hours of a patient’s life, and says they’re not as terrifying as people might think. Julie McFadden, a ...

Hollywood makes death seem dramatic. The hero is dying, yet they miraculously muster up the energy to utter something profound, some last-minute understanding of the world. But in reality, death is ...