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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. At American Geriatric Society in Orlando, got up during Amy Kelly’s talk, which was about dementia and said, “My mother cannot get hospice care because no hospice will take a chance on her. Joe, what are your thoughts on that?

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