National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

We need to respect the choice not to die of COVID-19 alone

By Charles C. Camosy — April 13, 2020
(RNS) — There are values that trump the singular goal of lowering COVID-19 infection rates. One of those is accompanying loved ones as they pass away and providing them with clergy.

Black, Hispanic end-of-life views rooted in faith, family — and mistrust

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Race, religion and a sense of the role of the family all play into end-of-life decisions for African-Americans, “and you cannot disentangle them,” said Karen Bullock, a professor and head of the department of social work at North Carolina State University.
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