Questions & answers about hospice: a guide for Missouri's physicians.
Hospice provides multidisciplinary care to dying patients with and without cancer. Most adults would prefer to be cared for in their home or that of a family member. This guide provides answers to the questions most commonly asked of physicians. Its goal is to facilitate a better understanding of what hospice does, who is eligible, physician roles, and how physicians can use hospice to help their patients.
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, USA.
D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D008923:Missouri; D011379:Prognosis; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014481:United States