Read: Time off of Work Can Help Loved Ones Die at Home

A new study by Barbara Gomes, from the Cicely Saunders Institute at Kings College London, reveals for the first time just how important compassionate care benefits are in allowing loved ones to die in peace at home.

Read: The UK leads the world in palliative care

According to a recent report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the UK places first in the world in terms of end-of-life care. The US rated ninth, behind the Netherlands and Germany. Iraq came in at the bottom of the list.

Read: "You never fully get over it" - experiencing complicated grief

One woman's journey with grief. The Bangor Daily News article mentions the Grief Intensity Scale, which was developed at the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Listen: Palliative nurse Theresa Brown on the privilege of caring for dying patients

Terri Gross interviews Theresa Brown, whose latest release, The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives, describes her experiences working as a nurse in a busy hospital's oncology department.