The Crisis of US Hospice Care: Family and Freedom at the End of Life

Exploring the failure of hospice in America to care for patients and families at the end of life.

Hospice is the dominant form of end-of-life care in the United States. But while the US hospice system provides many forms of treatment that are beneficial to dying people and their families, it does not encompass what is commonly referred to as long-term care, which includes help with the activities of daily living: feeding, bathing, general safety, and routine hygienic maintenance. Frequently,...