[snippy_about_it]

How old are you?

Hospice gives genuine care and support to the dying patient and their family. Perhaps you are thinking of Dr. Kevorkian.

Unless you are run over by a Mack truck you may need care while dying and Hospice is the place to be for many in need.

[eleni121]

With all due respect - No, I am fully aware of Kevorkian and Hospice and the differences between the two - differences in duration of service not in the final outcome. Control over the process of death is inconsistent with Christian beliefs. In an effort to cut the costs of prolonged treatment, the insurance industries and hospital corporations have embraced hospice and marketed its services as "humane" and "patient centered" when in fact, Hospice simply provides a "way out" free from pain (usually) and short term survival vs a possible longer term aggressive approach to health and disease treatment. And no, my age has nothing to do with my beliefs. In fact, I dread seeing mainly older people being encouraged to consider hospice. My belief system does not accept this as an alternative to life.