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Article: Hospice, Alzheimer Patients and
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Hospice, Alzheimer Patients and
"Dying the good death" is a care-giving goal, regardless of the presumed immediate cause of death, site(s) of the dying process, or cultural and ethnic differences among the dying person, their family, the community, and the health care providers. At the close of life, the patient, family members, and clinicians face decisions regarding the degree of intensive medical care to be provided for treatment of diseases, withdrawal of invasive interventions, initiation of hospice, and treatment of a range of chronic medical conditions. A hospice philosophy or care provides palliative care with a goal of maximal comfort and not maximal survival of the person. In ...
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