How many times have you heard this scenario? “My husband woke up and didn’t feel well. I asked him to call his doctor to make an appointment. He said he wanted to give it a day. The next day it wasn’t any better, but he put off calling the doctor until he really felt...
First the undisputable: pal·li·a·tive ˈpalēˌātiv,ˈpalēətiv, Noun or Adjective. Next a proviso: Palliative Care is not the same as Hospice. (And a quick aside: Who actually is ‘Hospice’? Shocking to me when I found out, hospice is a [actually the only] Medicare benefit...