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The State Newspaper: Hospices Give Many a New Lease on Life
Jul 10, 2006“Thousands of patients who check into hospices expecting to die are winning reprieves instead.
Sometimes attention from loved ones and quality care from hospice staff turn things around. Or doctors guess wrong when they predict death is near. And sometimes long-odds medical miracles happen.
Whatever the reason, roughly 100,000 U.S. hospice patients will win new leases on life this year. That number, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures, is expected to increase as baby boomers age. . .”
Read the full story: State Newspaper (Columbia, S.C.)