First Time Visitors

To pharmacists

What do I do now? This is probably one of the first questions you hear from customers receiving life-limiting diagnoses from their doctors. As they fill prescriptions at your pharmacy, they seek guidance to 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 these questions.

• What kinds of questions should I ask my doctor about this prescription?
• What are the side effects to this drug?
• What alternatives exist if I encounter problems taking this medication?
• What experience do you have with hospice care?
• Which local hospice providers do you recommend, and why?

• Patients and their families
• Hospitals, nursing homes, and care facility administrators
• Insurance agents and case managers
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Counselors
• Therapists
• The clergy
• Lawyers
• Accountants
• Pharmacists
• Civic leaders