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In hospices, what's end-of-life care?
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Variable: Hospice can be either in a facility or at home . It is designed to take of symptoms that bother the patient, ie pain, nausea, vomiting, etc.
Answered 1/22/2014
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Check hospice sites: It's about maximizing quality of life when someone is approaching the end-of-life (curative or maintenance treatments are no longer working). So any care during this time can be called end-of-life care. It usually includes treatments by any means needed to relieve distressing symptoms of any kind. See the links on this site: http://www.Hospicefoundation.Org/whatishospice.
Answered 10/8/2013
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