Most of us have an awareness of hospice or palliative care. Myself, my grandma was in a palliative care facility briefly before she passed away from cancer. i have a friend who is a minister and regularly serves families whose loved ones are receiving end of life care—she previously worked as a hospital chaplain. Another friend’s mom is a palliative care nurse. A friend has been a “palliative care” patient for years by nature of his disease, however, he lives independently in the community—as you might presume of a palliative care patient, he is not “actively dying”. Given these diverse experiences… what exactly is hospice and palliative care?

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