Hospice’s role in health care reform

As health care reform proposals continue to strive for choice, quality of care, and reduction of healthcare costs, hospice advocates have an opening to shout out, “This is what hospice is all about!” Choice, quality of care, quality of life, and reduction of healthcare costs are all consistent with the realities of hospice.

When facing a life-limiting condition, there comes a point when the patient and family must decide to pursue attempting to cure an illness, even when a cure is unlikely, or to choose a better quality of life achieved with hospice care and symptom management through the final stages of life…[Full Article Here]