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What is hospice or End-of-Life care?

April 26, 2017end-of-life hospice

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What is hospice or End-of-Life care?

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Hospice is a system which provides compassionate comfort care to patients at the end of their lives and also supports their families in the bereavement process. It includes comprehensive nursing care as well as psychosocial and spiritual care for the patient and family. Hospice is built on the nursing model, in contrast to the medical model of care. Hospice is not about heroic medical interventions that prevent quality of life in a pointless attempt to prolong it.