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	Palliative care at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Palliative care or hospice care is a branch of medicine that tries to improve the quality of life for patients suffering incurable, terminal illness, such as untreatable cancers, the latter stages of AIDS and heart failure.
		Hospice care occurs in hospitals, free-standing hospice units, and in homes.
		Major aspects of palliative care include the relief of pain (analgesia), as well as psychological help for patients and their families to cope with the impending death.
	wiki.tatet.com /Hospice_care.html (482 words)

	End of Life, Grief, Hospice Care and Wills
		And its's easy to focus on the dismay of being bald and dying, rather than the fear and sadness of dying.
		- Hospice is derived from the Latin word hospitium, ``hospitality,'' an inn for travelers, especially one kept by a religious order.
		The hospice movement was started by Dr. Cicely Saunders in England in the 1940s, when St. Christopher's Hospice was opened to provide a quiet place where people could die in peace and dignity.
	www.cancerlinks.com /end.html (951 words)

	MedlinePlus: Hospice Care
		Hospice Care: When Comfort, Not Cure, Is the Focus (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
		Hospice Care (Administration on Aging) - Links to PDF - In Russian
		The primary NIH organization for research on Hospice Care is the National Cancer Institute
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/hospicecare.html (408 words)

	Hospice care - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions
		Hospice care - Questionz.net, answers to all your questions
		It is a relatively recent concept that originated and gained momentum in Great Britain after the founding of the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's, in 1967.
		The first hospice in America was established in 1974.
	www.questionz.net /Health_science/Hospice_care.html (363 words)

	Palliative care
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		Hospice is a relatively recent concept that originated and gained momentum in United Kingdom after the founding of the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice in 1967.
		The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/palliative_care (623 words)

	Penn Home Care & Hospice Services
		Penn Home Care and Hospice Services provides professional, high-quality care for patients needing hospice services, home care, and home infusion therapy.
		Join Wissahickon Hospice this December at our annual celebration of light and love, Light Up A Life.
		Request one online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; or call 1-800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.
	www.pennhealth.com /homecare (89 words)

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