Hospice Care in the United States
The Process Begins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Buckingham (University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-171 |
| Publication date | 1983-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/wl3r-2bv4-ejhq-xeun |
| OpenAlex | W2141096560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
The hospice concept represents a return to humanistic medicine, to care within the patient's community, for family-centered care, and the view of the patient as a person. Medical, governmental, and educational institutions have recognized the profound urgency for the advocacy of the hospice concept. As a result, a considerable change in policy and attitude has occurred. Society is re-examining its attitudes toward bodily deterioration, death, and decay. As the hospice movement grows, it does more than alter our treatment of the dying. Hospices and home care de-escalate the soaring costs of illness by reducing the individual and collective burdens borne by all health insurance policyholders. Because hospices and home care use no sophisticated, diagnostic treatment equipment, their overhead is basically for personal care and medication. Also, the patient is permitted to die with dignity. Studies indicated that the patient of a hospice program will not experience the anxiety, helplessness, inadequacy, and guilt as will an acute care facility patient. Consequently, a hospice program can relieve family members and loved ones of various psychological disorders
Anxiety · Death with dignity · Dignity · Hospice care · Learned helplessness · Palliative care · Political science · Psychiatry · Ethics in medical practice · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2001 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |