To go back to what was said a moment ago, substitute decision making is the mechanism that society has developed to avoid discrimination on the basis of decision-making disability. Society assigns ...

Social pressures and moral obligations, rather than hope for recovery, often push terminally ill patients to pursue futile ...

Helping owners assess their pet’s quality of life is an important part of the end-of-life decision making process ...

Advance care directives can reduce a lot of stress for family members, according to the head of ethics at Mercy Springfield.

The end of life isn’t a topic most people care to think about, but once you get over the shock of learning you won’t live ...