… The first strategy was to post the questionnaires to a consecutive group of clients (patients)
who were currently being cared for by the hospice service over a two month period (February …

… in over a quarter of hospice patients (Jackson et af. … hospice patients using tests of verbal
learning and recall, word-findmg, sentence comprehension and motor speech. Eleven patients …

… A retrospective study of patients referred to these services … The records of 176 clients were
compared, which showed that there were some differences between the client groups referred …

… KHS’s percentages on diagnostic groups agree with the literature that indicates that hospices
are predominantly caring for patients with malignancies.The high number of patients with …

… -tests for group differences in the proportions of patients experiencing pain at … patient, hospice
patients died no sooner than did the controls. As shown in the figure, one-third of the group …

… Although both groups reported depression and anxiety, no significant differences were
found between hospice and non-hospice groups on these variables. Hospice patients reported …

… The primary care providers for female patients responded to … research into patient and family
evaluation of hospice care. … However, it is important to consider that the groups of patients …

… groups, and the ability to optimize and expand hospice … groups identified for the present
study included patients, … , physicians who refer and monitor patients, hospice staff (nurses, …

… of the three groups. … hospice philosophy imply that the client's perceptions are of paramount
importance. Therefore, the intent of this research was to ascertain whether the hospice client, …

… There was a range of education in both groups, but hospice clients … hospice patients were
more satisfied with their end-of-life care experience and the reasons the nonhospice patients …