Hospice

Palliative care is treatment that helps manage side effects, symptoms and mental health issues for people with cancer and other severe illnesses.

The Rev. Allison Wible, a hospital chaplain for Mercy Hospital St. Louis, reflects on the quiet, unseen moments she’s been witness to over the past year as she works with COVID-19 patients and their families.

Some of Dorothy Matejka’s favorite days are when she gets to enjoy music therapy in her south St. Louis apartment. She never tires of songs like “On the…

When a person nears the end of their life, feelings of grief can increase and unaddressed matters often add to the complications.On Wednesday’s St. Louis…

The term “palliative care” has been bandied about quite a bit as of late. But what does it mean? On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, three people joined…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 11, 2012 - James Langley, a second-year pharmacy student at Southern Illinois University at…

Imagine that you've just been told you have only a short time to live. What would you want your family and community to remember most about you? In St.…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-951019.mp3Suzanne Doyle sits quietly thumbing through a stack of books and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 17, 2009 - With plenty of experience and a passion for patient care, Ann Ritter ventured into…