A member asked:

Will i stop getting all medical treatment when i'm under hospice care?

11 doctors weighed in across 5 answers

Different care: Since the goals are comfort, you will get ant treatment for comfort. On the other hand they are not concerned with treating cholesterol, or mild high blood pressure. Those treatments will not improve comfort or change outcome. The care is very specifically designed to improve quality of life.

Answered 11/29/2014

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Not necessarily: All medical treatment that increase patient's comfort are continued. Some other, e.g., chemotherapy are continued also by some hospices.

Answered 4/2/2016

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Dr. Scott Bolhack answered

Specializes in Wound care

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!: Hospice and palliative care is not 'no care'; it is care for comfort and symptoms over cure. We treat patients very effectively while in hospice and many people graduate when we learn that with the correct resources, they thrive.

Answered 12/31/2013

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Dr. Elizabeth Wallen answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

No: You will still have your symptoms treated. Hospice is about maximizing the quality of your life and keeping you comfortable. You will still have access to the treatments/medications needed to do that. If you are being provided treatments that you no longer want, of course, you have the right to refuse those also.

Answered 7/6/2014

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Comfort care.: Hospice care emphasizes comfort care, not acute care, diagnosis and management. It's meant for those who need physical and emotional palliation as they approach their death. So you would get treatment aimed at comfort.

Answered 12/4/2014

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