Facilitating Hospice Discussions: A Six-Step Roadmap
May 10, 2011|Hematology and Oncology
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Hospice programs provide comprehensive, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. However, many patients do not enroll in hospice, and those who do generally receive hospice care only in the last weeks of life. Although patients and families rely on their physicians to discuss hospice, there is often inadequate communication between patients and physicians about end-of-life issues.
Dr. Casarett's research is funded by grants from the Commonwealth Fund, the Greenwall Foundation, the VistaCare Foundation, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Dr. Shin has nothing to disclose.
Correspondence to: Jennifer Shin, MD, Division of Hematology–Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
