Hospice Care

Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): E02.760.905.400, N02.421.585.905.400

MeSH Unique ID: D017051

Entry Terms:

• Care, Hospice
• Bereavement Care
• Care, Bereavement
• Hospice Programs
• Hospice Program
• Program, Hospice
• Programs, Hospice

Previous Indexing:

• Hospices (1977-1991)

See Also:

• Respite Care
• Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Patient Care
Terminal Care
Hospice Care

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Health Care Category
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Services
Patient Care
Terminal Care
Hospice Care