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  2. Hospice - Wikipedia

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    A Hospice House in Missouri. Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.

  3. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The hospice interdisciplinary team is the core service which every hospice provides to patients and families. [66] Hospice differs from other forms of care in that the core members of the hospice team function as an interdisciplinary, rather than a multidisciplinary, team. [67]

  4. Hospice and palliative medicine - Wikipedia

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    The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work. She also developed the first hospice care as well in the US in 1974 - Connecticut Hospice. [3]

  5. Palliative care - Wikipedia

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    The field of palliative care grew out of the hospice movement, which is commonly associated with Dame Cicely Saunders, who founded St. Christopher's Hospice for the terminally ill in 1967, [21] and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross who published her seminal work "On Death and Dying" in 1969.

  6. List of hospice programs - Wikipedia

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    Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. Africa. Foundation for Hospices in Sub ...

  7. Category:Hospice - Wikipedia

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  8. End-of-life care - Wikipedia

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    End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death.End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks.

  9. Peace Hospice - Wikipedia

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    The Peace Hospice is a health facility caring for people with a life-limiting or terminal illness, which is funded by public donations, situated on Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. It is a locally listed building .