hospice

Professor seeks to draw attention to perinatal hospice care
- Interviews
- Sep 28, 2019
Aaron D. Cobb is the author of “Loving Samuel,” the story of the experience of loving his son, who was diagnosed in utero with a chromosomal abnormality which led to his death just hours after his birth.
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New Orleans priest founded first Catholic AIDS hospice
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- May 4, 2019
Father Paul Desrosiers started an HIV/AIDS hospice in New Orleans at a time when there was a terrible stigma attached to people suffering from the illness and it was a death sentence.
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Patients, families urged to learn more about palliative, hospice care
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 11, 2018
Palliative and hospice care “address the needs of the whole person, which is the foundation of Catholic health care,” said Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, based in St. Louis.
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Packers fan with months to live sees game with aid from hospice, diocese
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 15, 2018
Diocese of Green Bay helps cancer patient to achieve a life-long goal of seeing the Packers play live.
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Euthanasia in hospices ‘a serious error,’ says Vancouver archbishop
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Feb 26, 2018
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said the British Columbia provincial government must stop attempts to force hospices and care homes to provide euthanasia.
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Judge okays moving Charlie Gard to hospice, where death is ‘inevitable’
- Global Church
- Jul 27, 2017
A High Court judge in the U.K. has approved a hospice plan for Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old infant whose case has triggered wide debate over euthanasia and the competing rights of parents and the state in making care decisions. A judge said Thursday the child will ‘inevitably’ die after an unspecified period at the hospice.
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Professor seeks to draw attention to perinatal hospice care