Palliative care plays a vital role in modern medicine. Its holistic approach addresses not only physical pain but also the psychological,...

Since the mid-20th century, Western societies have experienced a radical transformation in their relationship to death. French historian...

In our modern societies, death has quickly been relegated to the wings, removed from the collective stage, confined within the sanitized...

Ten years after the legalization of physician-assisted dying in Canada, experts around the world are pointing to Canada as a...

Facing death is one of life’s most profound challenges, not just for the dying but for their loved ones. In hospice palliative care,...

Since their introduction in 2016, advance medical directives (AMDs) have enabled any person of full age and capacity to indicate in...

Religion, with its long history, has helped us understand and cope with death. It brought  comfort, meaning, and community, but it also...

In North America, without clear indications in their medical records, individuals are likely to receive all necessary life-prolonging...

ACP is intended to help individuals understand and express their values, goals, and preferences regarding future medical care, choose and...

With non-communicable diseases accounting for a growing share of the global burden of disease, palliative care is becoming an urgent...

First of all, it's important to know that, in the U.S. and Canada, without an explicit note in the medical record, every person is...

A common misconception persists: “Why offer palliative care to Westerners in Guatemala that everyone in the West already have access to...

Going to Guatemala during the Christmas vacations of 2024 was a total impulse. I wanted to celebrate the end of my postdoctoral...