First Time Visitors

To doctors

What do I do now? Often, this is one of the first question you may hear after delivering a life-limiting diagnosis to one of your patients. Together with family, they seek information to help make appropriate choices for end-of-life care.

As part of our ongoing educational program to expand understanding of hospice care in your community, we will be encouraging them to ask you the following questions.

Have you seen people recover from this disease?
How long do I have to live?
When and how should we tell our loved ones about this?
What other specialists should be consulted?
What other sources do you recommend to learn about this disease process?
When is hospice care an appropriate option for care?
Does electing to go with hospice care mean we are giving up?
If this were a member of your family, what would you do?
If we choose hospice, will you continue as our doctor?
Which local hospices do you recommend, and why?
Should there be signs of recovery, can we return to regular medical treatment?

Questions to ask:

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