Information on Hospices- Ethics
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- Created on: 13-05-12 08:01
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Hospices:
Key points:
- Offer support and relieve pain
- They are a place to die
- They provide respite care- a form of short term care, meaning relief for the family as the care is provided by someone else
- Uses palliative care to relieve the symptoms of severe pain without treating the cause
- They can provide spiritual care and help them for the afterlife if they believe in it
- They can provide therapies for the well being
- The care is provided by doctors, nurses and carers within hospices
- The hospice movement was originally a Christian movement, started by Cicely Saunders
A hospice is a special form of hospital for people at the end of their…
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