A comparison of hospice and conventional care

Symptoms and Attitudes of 100 Consecutive Patients Admitted to an Acute Hospice/Palliative Care Unit

“…The satisfaction of patients within hospice programs is supported by the literature that has examined care in the hospital at the end of life, 10 as opposed to hospice care. 11 Another significant finding in this study was the support given to the hospice program by the attending physicians. Traditionally, hospice care has been suggested to patients by friends, nurses, and volunteers as an alternative to conventional therapy.…”

Symptoms and Attitudes of 100 Consecutive Patients Admitted to an Acute Hospice/Palliative Care Unit

“…The satisfaction of patients within hospice programs is supported by the literature that has examined care in the hospital at the end of life, 10 as opposed to hospice care. 11 Another significant finding in this study was the support given to the hospice program by the attending physicians. Traditionally, hospice care has been suggested to patients by friends, nurses, and volunteers as an alternative to conventional therapy.…”

Organizational and environmental correlates of the adoption of a focus strategy in U.S. hospices

“…This perception may be augmented by the fact that, with respect to end-of-life care, hospices and hospitals may be serving different patient populations. This assertion is supported by findings from studies that suggest that patients opting for hospice services at the end of life are characteristically different from those opting to receive care in hospitals (Chen, Haley, Robinson, & Schonwetter, 2003;Seale, 1991). Similarly, it was also envisaged that palliative care programs would be a potential threat to hospices because they offered patients the option of receiving palliative care without forgoing curative treatment.…”

Measuring the quality of end-of-life care: Development, testing, and cultural validation of the Danish version of Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services–Short Form

“…After exclusion of doublets in the literature search, 1422 citations were included and reviewed. Of these, 70 were deemed relevant 10–13,15–24,29,33–87 (Supplemental Figure 1). Possibly relevant topics for evaluation of end-of-life care were listed and later combined with the topics mentioned in the semi-structured interviews to form a list of 90 topics (shown in the left column of Supplemental Table 2).…”

Symptoms and Attitudes of 100 Consecutive Patients Admitted to an Acute Hospice/Palliative Care Unit

“…The satisfaction of patients within hospice programs is supported by the literature that has examined care in the hospital at the end of life, 10 as opposed to hospice care. 11 Another significant finding in this study was the support given to the hospice program by the attending physicians. Traditionally, hospice care has been suggested to patients by friends, nurses, and volunteers as an alternative to conventional therapy.…”

Organizational and environmental correlates of the adoption of a focus strategy in U.S. hospices

“…This perception may be augmented by the fact that, with respect to end-of-life care, hospices and hospitals may be serving different patient populations. This assertion is supported by findings from studies that suggest that patients opting for hospice services at the end of life are characteristically different from those opting to receive care in hospitals (Chen, Haley, Robinson, & Schonwetter, 2003;Seale, 1991). Similarly, it was also envisaged that palliative care programs would be a potential threat to hospices because they offered patients the option of receiving palliative care without forgoing curative treatment.…”

Measuring the quality of end-of-life care: Development, testing, and cultural validation of the Danish version of Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services–Short Form

“…After exclusion of doublets in the literature search, 1422 citations were included and reviewed. Of these, 70 were deemed relevant 10–13,15–24,29,33–87 (Supplemental Figure 1). Possibly relevant topics for evaluation of end-of-life care were listed and later combined with the topics mentioned in the semi-structured interviews to form a list of 90 topics (shown in the left column of Supplemental Table 2).…”

Symptoms and Attitudes of 100 Consecutive Patients Admitted to an Acute Hospice/Palliative Care Unit

“…The satisfaction of patients within hospice programs is supported by the literature that has examined care in the hospital at the end of life, 10 as opposed to hospice care. 11 Another significant finding in this study was the support given to the hospice program by the attending physicians. Traditionally, hospice care has been suggested to patients by friends, nurses, and volunteers as an alternative to conventional therapy.…”

Organizational and environmental correlates of the adoption of a focus strategy in U.S. hospices

“…This perception may be augmented by the fact that, with respect to end-of-life care, hospices and hospitals may be serving different patient populations. This assertion is supported by findings from studies that suggest that patients opting for hospice services at the end of life are characteristically different from those opting to receive care in hospitals (Chen, Haley, Robinson, & Schonwetter, 2003;Seale, 1991). Similarly, it was also envisaged that palliative care programs would be a potential threat to hospices because they offered patients the option of receiving palliative care without forgoing curative treatment.…”

Measuring the quality of end-of-life care: Development, testing, and cultural validation of the Danish version of Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services–Short Form

“…After exclusion of doublets in the literature search, 1422 citations were included and reviewed. Of these, 70 were deemed relevant 10–13,15–24,29,33–87 (Supplemental Figure 1). Possibly relevant topics for evaluation of end-of-life care were listed and later combined with the topics mentioned in the semi-structured interviews to form a list of 90 topics (shown in the left column of Supplemental Table 2).…”