Thomas Patrick Donovan, the community liason for Rocky Mountain Hospice in Bozeman, Montana, addresses the question, "Does choosing hospice mean giving up?" in a beautifully written essay for the Helena Independent Record:
"To hold fast to the belief that choosing hospice means admitting that one has failed is, in truth, a failure of our ability to imagine the end of life being anything other than a hard, possibly painful, winter that we have to suffer through. Perhaps it is time to re-imagine the end of life: rather than giving up, hospice is the successful embrace of community, a way of being there for each other. Hospice offers the caring arms of hospitality to patient, family, and friends and, as a result, creates a way to meet the winter of life that has comfort and dignity at its foundation."
Read more: http://helenair.com/news/opinion/does-choosing-hospice-mean-giving-up/article_9107977a-0518-11e1-8069-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1cbjKJGMR
