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    In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms...
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    are not aligned with a person's goals. Hospice care in the United States is largely defined by the practices of the Medicare system and other health insurance...
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  • dying patients in the United States currently undergo hospice care. Most of the hospice care occurs at a home environment during the last weeks/months...
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  • for the specialty. Exams are offered every year. Hospice care in the United States Palliative care "Palliative and Supportive Institute | UPMC - Pittsburgh...
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    surgery or illness, home care may include rehabilitative therapies. For terminally ill patients, home care may include hospice care. Home health services...
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  • The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance or WHPCA (formerly known as the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance or WPCA) is an international non-governmental...
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    The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...
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    Healthcare in the United States is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private...
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    respite care for their families. A typical children's hospice service offers:[citation needed] Specialist children's palliative care, respite care, emergency...
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  • Terminal illness (category Palliative care)
    End-of-life care Euthanasia Hospice care in the United States Interventionism (medicine) Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient Palliative care Assisted...
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    The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the...
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    In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also...
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    the aid of another person. In the United States, the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as medical aid in...
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    daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal...
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  • The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is an association for providers of hospice care in the United States. It represents 33,000 home care...
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    VITAS Healthcare (category Hospices in the United States)
    Healthcare is a provider of end-of-life care in the United States. Operating 50 hospice programs in 14 states and the District of Columbia, VITAS employs...
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  • Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. Foundation for Hospices in...
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    In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...
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  • Florence Wald (category Hospice and palliative care nurses)
    "the mother of the American hospice movement". She led the founding of Connecticut Hospice, the first hospice program in the United States. Late in life...
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    of hospice and palliative care. AAHPM was founded in 1988, with 250 charter members, as the Academy of Hospice Physicians (The academy). Josefina B. Magno...
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  • Gentiva Health Services (category Health care companies based in Georgia (U.S. state))
    a provider of home health care, hospice, and related health services in the United States. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to...
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  • recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time. Most available data underestimate crime before the 1930s (due...
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  • America. The company is a member of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, and it operates in 37 states. In 2009 Lap of...
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    Immigrant health care in the United States refers to the collective systems in the United States that deliver health care services to immigrants. The term "immigrant"...
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  • In the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program...
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    The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...
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    Pornography has existed since the origins of the United States, and has become more readily accessible in the 21st century. Advanced by technological...
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    In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational...
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    The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet: A - B - C - D - E...
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    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic...
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