Why should Africans die in pain? Palliative care is about easing the passing of patients with life-limiting illness, but access remains a major hurdle. 05/14/2024 - 3:03 am | View Link
Lawsuit accuses jail staff of leaving sick man to die in pain A new lawsuit accuses staff at the St. Thomas jail of leaving a 36-year-old man to die in a cell after denying him basic medical care, according to the complaint ... 05/7/2024 - 8:00 pm | View Link
Terminally ill woman and husband call for change in ‘cruel and heartless’ law on assisted dying Pauline Moroney lies dying in a hospital bed, pumped full of strong painkillers, unable to eat and too weak to stand. The effect of the medication she’s on leaves her drowsy, but she remains aware ... 05/7/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
Local farms need your business. And frankly, you need them | Guest column Floridians have forgotten their local farmers in recent years because of a heavy reliance on grocery store chains. That is why, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Floridians had to wait in lines for ... 04/20/2024 - 10:20 pm | View Link
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death A bill moving through the Illinois Legislature to allow certain terminally ill ... to die in unfamiliar places and beds, far from family, friends and pets. It was late at night when Rod Azama awoke to ... 04/11/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link