(By Clareen Wiencek, professor at the UVA School of Nursing, and Dorrie Fontaine, dean of the UVA School of Nursing) My brother-in-law is living with stage IV pancreatic cancer – what others call dying of cancer. Even under the promising glow of medical technology, we’re faced with a new challenge: How we should die, and how those around us – nurses and physicians among them – can and should help.