Receiving news of a diagnosis of a terminal illness is a bitter pill to swallow for everyone involved.Knowledge of the impending death of someone you
Hospice care is the form of care given to patients with a life expectancy of fewer than six months. Alzheimer’s disease progress at varying rates
In a hospital context, providing symptom-based care in the final days or hours of life necessitates a comprehensive set of skills and interactions. Nurses are
Invariably, everyone has the most certain knowledge that life will ultimately expire. But even so, it is difficult to discover that you or a loved
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that one of aims of hospice care is to improve the quality of life of a patient and family
Phyisicans and other healthcare providers should consider referring a patient to hospice care if they have been diagnosed with a life-terminating illness or if death
