The role of hospitals has changes over the years because when people were dying they would often have lengthy stays, blind spots in prevention, and a lack of patient respect while they were in the hospital. With hospitals shifting in policy adjustments, price of care, and cultural shifts hospitals have made a move towards a patient-empowered approach. Hospitals now try to move patients out of the hospital quickly in order to control health costs. Hospital were looked at as a place where people go to die especially if they are really sick. Passing away in a hospital is looked at by some as undignified, cold, and sterile. Hospitals now are trying to improve the end of life care for patients who remain in the hospital. “There is now more widespread
