What Is Hospice and What Types of Care Are "Allowed?"

11/27/23 • 14 min

What is hospice care? Is it different from palliative care? And why is some care denied when a loved one is on hospice care?
Dr. K addresses these questions and more as we take a few minutes to better understand hospice, where hospice can be provided, who can provide it and more.
Additional resources for this episode:
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: https://www.nhpco.org/
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11/27/23 • 14 min

Q&A with Dr. K - What Is Hospice and What Types of Care Are "Allowed?"

Transcript

Beth Brown00:00:10.050

Welcome to Q&A with Dr. K, a podcast by Mountain Pacific Quality Health, where we sit down with Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler and get your health questions answered. Because on Q&A with Dr. K, the doctor is always in.

Beth Brown00:00:35.070

Hello, everyone, this is Beth Brown, your host, and I'm here as always with our very good friend, Dr. Kuntzweiler.

Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler00:00:39.780

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