title: The ethical balancing act of hospice care.
abstract: In providing hospice care, clinicians are confronted with ethical challenges on a daily basis involving their patients and families, their personal values and beliefs, and organizational practices. Being able to objectively understand these ethical challenges and having a plan of action to address is essential in effectively fulfilling the role of being a hospice professional.
authors.affiliation: Business & Leadership Studies, Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio, 43560, USA. plongenecker@lourdes.edu
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Longenecker
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D011368:Professional-Family Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D012945:Social Values; D059039:Standard of Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics