Research Guides @ Fordham: Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Hospice

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How are palliative care and hospice alike, and how are they different?

What is hospice care?

Provides treatment to manage pain and symptoms associated with a terminal illness
Gives support to patient and family
Provides comfort and care, not "cure" the illness or disease
Objectives are pain and symptom control
Enables person who is terminally ill to enjoy life to the fullest

From Senior HealthHospice Care Overview-Types of Hospice Care Services; medicalcenter.osu.edu/

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
From the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, 2013.
Hospice Vs. Palliative Care
What is Hospice Care?
From the American Hospice Foundation

A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts by Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD
Call Number: R725.55.S82 2006 (RH)
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
The Hospice Companion: Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Assessment and Care of Common Problems During the Last Phase of Life by Perry G. Fine (Ed.)
Call Number: R726.8.F553 2012 (WC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
In the Midst of Life: A Hospice Volunteer's Story by Charles Rose
Call Number: R726.8.R665 2004 (RH)
Montgomery, AL: New South Books, 2004.
Medicare Hospice Benefits by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servces; US Department of Health & Human Services
Call Number: Electronic government document
Baltimore, MD: US Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2013.
Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine by Eduardo Bruera
Call Number: R726.8.O89 2011 (WC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.

RH = Walsh Library at Rose Hill, Bronx

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WC = Westchester Campus Library (Fordham Westchester Library)