Modify hospice eligibility for dementia patients: Preference for comfort, not life expectancy, should guide care, experts say

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, according to experts in a new article.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net