title: Community hospices: their role in palliative care.
abstract: This feature article is the first of a series of three articles on hospice/palliative care which will be published in future issues of Probe. The remaining two features discuss hospice care case scenarios and the role of the dental hygienist in palliative care.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003153:Community Health Services; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014838:Volunteers