Hospice Care versus Palliative Care

As we age, new terms begin to creep into our vocabulary. My exposure to hospice care came into being when my first wife had cancer with lit...




As we age, new terms begin to creep
into our vocabulary. My exposure to hospice care came into being
when my first wife had cancer with little hope of winning the battle.
Almost 12 years ago on March 23, 2002, she lost the battle. If it
had not been for the caring folks of our local hospice group, I
honestly don't know what I would have done. As people with diabetes,
we never know when we

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