Dignity In Palliative Care: The Hospice at Skogafoss Falls

• Main Author: Jaskiewicz, John Gerald Jr.
• Other Authors: Architecture, Gartner, Howard Scott, Galloway, William U., Rott, Hans Christian
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Virginia Tech 2011
• Subjects: Hospice; Healthcare; Iceland; Hospital; LD5655.V855 2011.J375; Skógafoss
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33165; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232011-115241/

Hospice is a place of caring, a place where life is measured in quality, not quantity. During a terminally ill patient s final weeks, days or hours, it is important that hospice facilities provide comfort through any and every means possible. The physician administers pain relief, the building has t...