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End Game depicts visionary medical providers who practice on the cutting edge of life and death, changing the way we think about both.

For the past several months, she chronicled the day-to-day drama of dying in an effort to demystify the process and empower other patients.

Q&A with a palliative care expert

Many of the estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. living with serious illness would benefit from palliative care, experts say.

Some hospitals offer parents the choice to transport their dying children out of the intensive care unit so that they can die at home.

I walked out of my appointment with a glimmer of hope.

Palliative care power couple faces cancer at home

A new breed of patient advocate is reshaping the future of cancer research.

Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, is director of the Adult Survivorship Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Too few people seek help in easing side effects during and after cancer treatment.

Advocating for yourself is the best medicine.

The CALM program “intervenes proactively rather than just waiting for people to get distressed, anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed.”

Medical marijuana users reported decreased pain, and some were able to stop using opioids.