Through this course, I have been introduced to many topics related to Health and illness. So when asked to read a book on a specific area of the course, I have chosen to read The Handbook of Hospice Care. My reason for choosing this topic is personal. I know individuals who have gone through this care program and I also have a relative who is a hospice nurse, my mother. When my grandmother was in …showed first 75 words of 2097 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2097 total…of health care. The hospice choice is not something that can be pushed on people. It is a good system, staffed by good people, but the choice for hospice is the choice for death. Hospice can only get better. More education and more experience are going to lead us to a better hospice. By having a better hospice, we can continue to assure a peaceful and dignified death to all that choose it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**