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To: JohnM who wrote (89859)	10/13/2008 2:41:29 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) of 541977

If they're similar to what we have here, then definitely. Hospices here are designed for a peaceful and dignified death. No aggressive treatments, no 1% "there's always a chance" interventions, and so on. As far as I have seen (although my only close involvement has been when my grandmother died a few years back) the only "medical" treatment is administering of painkillers, up to and including morphine. But having seen someone close to me die in a hospice, and comparing it to another who died in the ICU of a hospital, I know absolutely which was more restful, pleasant and desirable - for the ones dying as well as for us around them... The proviso IMO is that you have to have basically accepted your fate, or at least want to be ready to face it. You do hear of respite and remission coming once people are in the low-stress environment of a hospice, but I suspect those cases are publicised because they're so rare...

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