How Do Patients Describe Hospice Care?

Clients often have misconceptions about hospice and these misconceptions may create barriers to enrolling in hospice care.  Such misconceptions may be related to the way providers communicate about hospice to clients and patients.  Brereton and colleagues (2022) sought to better understand the language used by older adults to describe hospice care and to explore what language reveals regarding knowledge about, and attitudes toward hospice. Read more…