Many patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers have questions about what thet might expect during the last few months of life. In this section you can find information on what to expect when you or someone you care for are nearing the end of life, as well as information on hospice care and on coping with the loss of a loved one.
Many patients and family members have questions about what they might expect during the last few months of life. You may have some of the same questions. The information in this guide has been written to help answer some of the questions that patients and family members ask about what to expect during the last few months of life.
Here we describe hospice care, which provides humane and compassionate care for people in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.
Losing a loved one to cancer can be a painful and difficult time. In this guide, we discuss the grieving process and offer tips that may help you cope with your loss.
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