By Liz Szabo In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung cancer. Yet in all that time, doctors never told him or his husband whether the cancer was curable — or likely to take

 One of the more well-known –  and frequently misunderstood – end-of-life signs is terminal respiratory secretions. This symptom has come to be known in layman’s

Grief is a normal and natural response when we suffer a loss. While everyone will experience a loss at some point, the symptoms of grief are often misunderstood – both by the people going through it and the people around them. By raising grief awareness, individuals in mourning can better understand

By Walter Loughran MSed  When I was asked to write a blog about my experience with bereavement groups (and make it personal), my first reaction was,  “Can I do that?” I mean, a lifetime of training and experience said you don’t talk about this stuff outside of group especially

By Howard M. Glicksman, MD “Bob” was a 40-something hard working, hard drinking man who had never stayed attached to anyone. He had gone out to California to visit an estranged daughter and while there had fallen down in a drunken stupor, severely injuring the soft tissue of his