Death is usually marked when the heart stops and a person is no longer breathing, but there are usually far more signs that ...

Dr Suzy Lishman, a former president of the Royal College of Pathologists, made the remarks as she issued a warning about ...

For many, voluntary assisted dying has come to symbolise control over how life ends. Yet dying well isn't just about those ...

Assisted dying should be a separate service if it is legalised and GPs must be able to opt-in rather than opt-out of ...

At the edge of death, some people wake into sudden clarity. Terminal lucidity is one of the mind’s most baffling mysteries.

Deaths would be looked at by medical examiners, with only some being referred to coroners under the Bill as it stands.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman 's shock decision to quit Strictly Come Dancing is the start of the show's slow and painful ...

I couldn’t ignore the irony of seeing a mother holding her newborn baby on the sign while on my way to visit patients who ...

With workshops on organ donation, speaking to children about death, dealing with the loss of a pet, writing a Living Will and ...

Maureen Slough, 58, who did not have a terminal illness, died at a Swiss assisted dying clinic without informing her family ...

Doctors said he would likely have died without surgery, which he had a half chance of surviving and 'asked if my affairs were ...