New beginnings in hospice
Ryndes, T.
Healthcare Forum Journal 38(2): 27-29
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0899-9287 PMID: 10140769 Document Number: 441687
Healthcare decisionmakers in acute settings might well benefit from lessons learned over two decades of hospice experience providing community-based, cost-effective care. Now the hospice concepts of interdisciplinary symptom management and transition counseling are being made available to patients and families long before they reach the traditional six-month prognosis entry point.