Why Do Hospice Patients Die?
Death and Dying Chronicles
OCTOBER 17, 2017
To be eligible for hospice care one must have a terminal diagnosis with a life expectancy of six months or less. A non hospice doctor determines this. A referral to hospice is given when all other treatments have been exhausted or would prove futile. When a person is referred to hospice they may have already been sick for many months, maybe years. A person may, at the time of referral, still be living on their own, may still be able to drive, still may be engaging in family and social activities
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