Needed: a conceptual model for a comfortable death.
Research in the literature clearly shows that suicide is a significant problem for the elderly who are ill. Through a definite plan of therapy, hospice team members can help these patients develop a technique of conscious dying.
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Cottage Hospice, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.
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D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D013405:Suicide