National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is a nonprofit organization based in the Alexandria, Virginia. It focuses on issues relating to hospice

Hospice

Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...

and palliative care

Palliative care

Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...

. Its philosophy statement on hospice is that it "affirms life and neither hastens nor postpones death."

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