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*1 : a lodging for travelers, young [[persons]], or the underprivileged especially when maintained by a religious order

*1 : a lodging for travelers, young [[persons]], or the underprivileged especially when maintained by a religious order

*2 : a facility or program [[designed]] to provide a caring [[environment]] for meeting the [[physical]] and [[emotional]] needs of the terminally ill

*2 : a facility or program [[designed]] to provide a caring [[environment]] for meeting the [[physical]] and [[emotional]] needs of the terminally ill

==Description==

==Description==

'''Hospice''' is a type of care and a [[philosophy]] of care which [[focuses]] on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's [[symptoms]]. These symptoms can be [[physical]], [[emotional]], [[spiritual]] or social in [[nature]]. The [[concept]] of hospice has been evolving since the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 11th century]. Then, and for centuries thereafter, hospices were places of [[hospitality]] for the sick, wounded, or dying, as well as those for travelers and [[pilgrims]]. The modern [[concept]] of hospice includes palliative care for the incurably ill given in such [[institutions]] as hospitals  or nursing homes, but also care provided to those who would rather die in their own [[homes]]. It began to emerge in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 17th century], but many of the [[foundation]]al principles by which modern hospice [[services]] operate were pioneered in the 1950s by Dame [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Saunders Cicely Saunders]. Although the movement has met with some [[resistance]], hospice has rapidly expanded through the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice]

'''Hospice''' is a type of care and a [[philosophy]] of care which [[focuses]] on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's [[symptoms]]. These symptoms can be [[physical]], [[emotional]], [[spiritual]] or social in [[nature]]. The [[concept]] of hospice has been evolving since the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 11th century]. Then, and for centuries thereafter, hospices were places of [[hospitality]] for the sick, wounded, or dying, as well as those for travelers and [[pilgrims]]. The modern [[concept]] of hospice includes palliative care for the incurably ill given in such [[institutions]] as hospitals  or nursing homes, but also care provided to those who would rather die in their own [[homes]]. It began to emerge in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 17th century], but many of the [[foundation]]al principles by which modern hospice [[services]] operate were pioneered in the 1950s by Dame [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Saunders Cicely Saunders]. Although the movement has met with some [[resistance]], hospice has rapidly expanded through the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice]

[[Category: Health]]

[[Category: Health]]