What is the importance of Hospice Care in the book, Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying?

Hospice care focuses on delivering healthcare and healthcare-related assistance to patients who remain in their own homes throughout their illness. Championed as early as 1959 by Dr. Elisabeth K'bler-Ross, hospice care today is a commonly practiced and fully accepted alternative to lengthy hospitalization for many terminally ill patients.