CNNMoney: You’ve gotten the phone call no one wants to receive: A close family member has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, or one battling a terminal condition has begun to fail. And so begins…

Tara Mohr’s Blog: Well, she is one of the most widely read U.S. women columnists in the United States. She has the ability to sum up a whole movement, a whole era, or a complex…

SevenPonds Blog: The Conversation Project has launched a timeless and invaluable gift to share with your loved ones this holiday season. “The Gift”is a tool designed to help families have a conversation about death and…

GeriPal: I recently attended the California Coalition for Compassionate Care’s (CCCC), Physicians’ Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) meeting last week. The room was filled with amazing, caring individuals from around California who are passionate…

Grace Cherian Blog: Today far too many Americans do not die in the way they would choose. Surveys indicate, for instance, 90 percent of people say they want to die at home surrounded by family….

HealthLeaders: A year after leaving his position as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Don Berwick, MD, talked with HealthLeaders Media. HLM: So how do we reduce costs of end-of-life care if…