Question

1. What is the difference between hospice and palliative care?
2. What is your view on hospice and/or palliative care?
3. What is your view on euthanasia?
4. Do you have an advanced directive, living will or power of attorney?

Answer 1

Both hospice and palliative care is to promote the comfort. Major diffrence between those 2 are palliative care can be given at the time of diagnosis and during treatment. Hospice care begins after treatment and its clear than patient is not going to survive.

Hospice care improve the quality of life. It focuses on relieving the symptoms of terminally ill patient. Hospice care focuses on every aspects of the person. Palliative care include the pain management and treatment for symptoms.

Both hospice and palliative care are improve the quality of life and help the person who is termanilly ill to a peaceful death. So it is a good approch.

Euthanasia or mercy killing is act of putting patient into a painless death if the patient is terminally ill and suffering from severe pain. It is helping the patient to a peaceful death and recovery from pain. Every individual had the wish to get a peaceful death. Mercy killing help the person to achieve this peaseful death. So it is an good approach.

Yes, there is healthcare directive or living will is present. This is a legal document in it the person can specify the actions for their health.