hospice service
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhospiceandservice
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hospice
noun[C]
uk/ˈhɒs.pɪs/us/ˈhɑː.spɪs/
a hospital for people who are dying, especially ...
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service
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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Previous studies have demonstrated that geographic location can have an effect on utilization onhospiceservice.
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There is a process of negotiation betweenhospiceserviceproviders and the commissioners of health services from areas served by individual hospices.
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Thathospiceservicebe regarded as a core service.
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After the revolution, thehospiceservicewas cut off; eventually, all hospital beds relocated to another building.
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Eight of the subjects had reported experiencing the death of a first-degree relative, and in two of these cases the member reportedly received hospice services.
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Because surrogates often help dying patients access care, incomplete knowledge of hospice may be an important barrier to hospice services.
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Educating people about palliative care and hospice services remains problematic, as none of the participants in this study were fully aware of what hospice did.
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Videophone equipment was placed in rural and urban hospice patients' homes and traditional hospice services were augmented with this equipment.
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Availability and ease of access to the parent organization's inpatient hospice services might encourage their use and predispose subsequent inpatient hospice deaths.
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However, if perceptions limit the education about and recommendation to hospice options to patients, it follows that utilization of hospice services by these patients will be lower than expected.
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My belief is that a partnership with the health authorities should be established and there should be sound contractual arrangements made for hospice services.
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After all, it is not large buildings which are requested in connection with hospice services.
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Primary care trusts have a pivotal role in assessing the extent of health care needs within their catchment area and funding service provision, including adult hospice and children's hospice services.
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Christopher's hospice information service regularly publishes a directory of hospice services.
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If we are a really genuine caring society, surely these hospice services should be readily available to all terminally ill patients and their families in both urban and rural areas.
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To help ensure the financial security of hospices, health and social services boards have been asked to enter into contracts for the purchase of hospice services.
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Voluntary hospice services in eastern region are, in common with the rest of the country, funded from a variety of sources in addition to voluntary funding.
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Ultimately, the extra resources that we are putting in will not only help to provide better hospice services, but gear those services better to the areas with the highest need.
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We must recognise that although hospice services are greatly appreciated by the people who use them, there is also a demand for care at home and in the community.
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It has a family birthing center and provides home-care and hospice services.
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