End Of Life Theory

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When you think about health care overall there are lots of positive characteristics may come to mind. Especially with end-of-life care one would be inclined to think that spirituality would be something that would go hand in hand. Entertainment options such as television and movies tend to show us this view, most of the time. It tends to be shown that there is some kind of healthcare worker who is there 100% for their chronically ill patient and this said healthcare worker is there for the patient in their last dying breaths. Reality is usually a lot different from Hollywood fiction. This is shown in a study that was done in 2008 specifically looking at hospice nurses in Singapore which proved that this theory was in fact signicantly far from

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