What-Is-Hospice

What is Hospice?

Dr. Edward Trudeau, a nineteenth-century tuberculosis researcher and public health pioneer, described the goal of the doctor as, “To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.” Curing diseases became possible more often than “sometimes” in the 1940s, with the discovery of antibiotics. Today, with the accelerated pace of medical innovation, Trudeau’s proclamation has been turned…

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