Read: Study shows that patients are not made anxious by discussing end-of-life decisions with their doctors

Reuters looks at the results of a study from Penn State College of Medicine that has determined that discussions about end-of-life planning does not make cancer patients feel hopeless or anxious. Doctors used an interactive online program called Making Your Wishes Known to help patients with their end-of-life decisions.

View: Who's using hospice the most in America?

Jenny Ye, Noah Veltman, Louise Ma / WNYC Data News Team. Follow us @datanews, email us here.

NPR has provided an interactive map of rates of hospice use according to each state, as part of an article exploring why NY state's hospice use is lagging behind the rest of the country. 

Read: The danger of financial incentives in hospice

The Washington Post explores how the drive for profits is shaping end-of-life care in America.

Listen: End-of-Life counseling becomes law

WBUR's CommonHealth examines the new law requiring doctors in MA to provide end-of-life counseling for their patients.

Read: Wearable tech and the future of healthcare in England

Already, wearable technology is playing a critical role in UK Healthcare, according to this article in The Guardian. Is this something doctors in the US want to consider? 

Listen: Hospice is more than care

NHPR's Giving Matters program explores how organizations like Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice provide more thanend-of-life care.

Listen: Ellen Goodman and Atul Gawande talk about end-of-life

NPR's Radio Boston features Ellen Goodman, co-founder of The Conversation Project, and TCP advisor Dr. Atul Gawande discussing how to talk to loved ones about end-of-life care.

Read: Mercy Denied

A Market Watch article examines what happens to patients when a hospice says no.

Read: Australia test drives using checklists to identify patients needing end-of-life care

Australia pilots a program using checklists to identify patients needing end-of-life care. The original journal article, featuring sample checklists, was published in the BMJ December 2014. 

A screengrab of one of the checklists from the BMJ article

Read: Bringing end-of-life conversations home

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement blog features an interview with Elder Services of Merrimack Valley explaining why being "Conversation Ready" is such an important piece of better coordinated care, and how they implemented it into their programming.

Listen: The VA and hospice care

NPR Morning Edition examines how the VA is stepping up programs as more Veterans enter hospice care.