Hospice care is about compassion, dignity and quality of life rather than about cure.
Hospice care emphasizes quality of life over length of days. Pain and symptom management are used to promote well -being and relieve suffering, but never to shorten the time remaining. . The decision to forgo aggressive treatment and enroll in hospice care is made by each patient in consultation with his or her doctor, family and spiritual advisor. It is a highly individual decision. Occasionally a patient will choose to enroll in hospice care and later decide to pursue more aggressive treatments.