Kathleen Ann Foley

National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of those dying, or whether the situation is getting better or worse over time. The information that exists â...

Brittany Thompson was the daughter of a well respected United States Senator and the director for the CIA. She was the sister of Special Agent Megan Stanley, the CIA agent who brought down a feared terrorist organization. As much as she dislikes the Central Intelligence Agency, it seems to surround ...

Only two US medical institutions (the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle and New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre) maintain established cancer pain services and engage in extensive, peer-reviewed investigations into the causes and effects of cancer pain. Now the directors...

Stationed in Tel Aviv with her husband, Megan was the epitome of a good daughter, wife and mother. But when a bomb goes off at the American embassy and Megan is kidnapped, Megan’s husband has to completely reevaluate everything he knows about their families. While Jeremiah’s patience is tested, Mega...

Faithfulness to prayer leads to a recognition of the need and an acceptance of the responsibility to pray for one another. By providing short prayers for each day of the school year, Daily Prayer in the Classroom assists teachers, parents, and others in the experience of praying with children each d...

Palliative care for terminally ill adults is receiving growing recognition as a major component in medical care. Yet far less is known or understood about the needs of infants and children with life-limiting conditions. Developed by leading researchers and practitioners from relevant disciplines, th...

How to live well with cancer--from diagnosis to its final stages The goal of palliative care is to help you and your family experience the best quality of life possible throughout the course of your disease by controlling pain and symptoms, relieving suffering, and enabling you to live your life a...

Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional soc...