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Waldrop, Deborah – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Decisions about treatment and options for care at the end stage of an advanced chronic illness are important determinants of the quality of a person's death and of how family members adapt in bereavement. This article describes the steps taken to secure federal funding to study how people make the decision to enroll in hospice. The National…
Descriptors: Hospices (Terminal Care), Chronic Illness, Decision Making, Federal Legislation