For much of the early twentieth century, grief was framed as a process of detachment. Healing meant “letting go,” “moving on, ...

A medic specialising in end of life care has revealed exactly what happens to the body in the hours, minutes and seconds leading up to death. Dr Kathryn Mannix, a consultant in palliative medicine at ...

Neuroscientists have actually recorded the brain activity of someone as they died, and found that their brain waves at the ...

Everybody dies differently, a hospice doctor once told me. Those words have echoed in my mind as I’ve been watching Showtime’s remarkable six-part documentary, Time of Death. The doctor went on to say ...