Terminally ill patients and their family caregivers often feel abandoned by their doctors and feel a sense of “unfinished business” with them, according to a new study by an oncologist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

At Paradise Cove, which is on the shore of Lake Grapevine, family and friends came to celebrate the wedding of nine-year-old Jayla Cooper. The ceremony was put together in less than one week.

Authorities in Georgia and Maryland have arrested four people after a sting operation targeting a group which offers assistance to people who want to commit suicide.
The arrests were made after agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation set up a sting operation Wednesday at a home in Dawson County, north of Atlanta, where an undercover agent posed as a member of the Final Exit Network suffering from pancreatic cancer who wanted to commit suicide.

The Death With Dignity Act takes effect March 5 in Washington State. … Whether they think the law is right or wrong, health and medical professionals in Washington need to be prepared when their patients want to talk about it.

Eternal Reefs, Inc. creates permanent living legacies that memorialize the passing of a loved one. For families and individuals that choose cremation, Eternal Reefs offers a new memorial choice that replaces cremation urns and ash scattering with a permanent environmental living legacy.

Jack Tweed has reportedly asked Jade Goody to be his wife after learning that the star has just months to live.

My colleague Corey Kilgannon recently profiled Ms. Volkening’s artistic journey through cancer. She began sketching in the hospital about 18 months ago. Ms. Volkening has stopped medical treatment, after being told that it would give her some more time but leave her too weak to paint.

PROSTATE CANCER JOURNAL: One Man’s Story
Dana Jennings blogs about his experience with prostate cancer.

All terminal patients need to be reminded that while there is life, there is more than hope alone.