‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’: hospice workers share 12 lessons about life and death
Some see it as synonymous with death and “giving up”, as Courtney, a full-time hospice nurse practitioner in Missouri, puts it.
According to The Guardian, some see it as synonymous with death and “giving up”, as Courtney, a full-time hospice nurse practitioner in Missouri, puts it.
Hospice and end-of-life workers discuss what they’ve learned from their work and patients in their last moments “Hospice” can be a loaded term. But Courtney, who asked that her last name be withheld for privacy reasons, doesn’t see it that way.
This health story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Courtney and Missouri.
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