How can we finish the last step of life with dignity?

People die naturally. But everyone wants to walk peacefully and beautifully. No one wants to suffer before leaving. For example, he has various tubes inserted all over his body, lives on machines, and is forced to accept chest compressions and other rescue. It would be a comforting thing if one could still have a good grasp of one’s rights at the last moment of one’s life and choose to die with dignity and no pain. Dr. Clove would like to introduce the concepts of [living wills] and [palliative care], hoping to help those in need. What is palliative care? Palliative care originated in the 1960s. It does not aim at curing diseases, but focuses on improving the quality of life Read More …

Hospice care helps patients leave peacefully.

Most people are always reluctant to mention hospice care and keep it secret. If a person’s health problem is so serious that he needs hospice care, it is really not something what should celebrate. But Jon Radulovic, spokesman for the National Organization for Hospice and Palliative Care in the United States, said: “Hospice care is not to give up, but to let patients live as well as possible with the disease.” Hospice care originated in Britain and the United States. The term hospice originated in the Middle Ages and was originally intended as a shelter for tired or sick travelers, but the modern usage of the word originated from 1948 when a doctor named Dame Cicely Saunders opened the St. Read More …