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January 21, 2020 Attending death / Hospice ethics / Part 3: Maintaining your job and yourself

Funeral homes: Where hospice workers forget patient self-determination

A survey shows a hospice team’s weakness when it comes to funeral home planning and patient self-determination.

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January 5, 2020 Advance directives / From personal experience... / Good lessons from bad hospice / Hospice ethics

Quiz: hospice philosophy and patient self-determination

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