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hospice

noun
/ˈhɑspɪs/US/ˈhɒspɪs/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

  1. derived from hospitium
  2. derived from hospise
  3. borrowed from hospice

Definitions

  1. A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

  2. The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized…

    The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

    • The modern concept of hospice and palliative nursing has its roots in the hospice movement. Introduced to the United States in the early 1960s, hospice has grown from one organization in 1971 to more than 3500 organizations in 2001.
    • Thus, the introduction of hospice services marked a new beginning, not only for the care of the dying, but also for the practice of medicine as a whole.

  3. A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.

    • Medicare reimbursement of hospice care is likely to be affected by the apparent reluctance of hospices to participate in the Medicare program.
    • A small number of hospices were opened in the US in the 1890s, but these institutions differed from the hospices that came into being in the second part of the twentieth century in the following ways.
    • St Joseph's Hospice Association in Liverpool supports hospices in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Peru, as well as having links with hospices in India, Pakistan and Mexico that bear the same name.

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Derived

nonhospice

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