A survey shows a hospice team’s weakness when it comes to funeral home planning and patient self-determination.
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“Initial psychosocial assessment” means more in hospice talk then just assessing psychosocial functioning. In the hospice world it actually refers to the set of tasks that the social worker accomplishes when making her introduction to a patient and family. This first set of tasks includes relationship building and providing…
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