Welcome Page Graduate Programs Master of Science in Hospice Philosophy Hospice provides support and care for persons in the last phase of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and as comfortable as possible. Hospice recognizes dying as part of the normal process of living and focuses on maintaining the quality of remaining life.
Hospice affirms life and neither hastens nor postpones death.
Hospice exists in the hope and belief that through appropriate care, and the promotion of a caring a community sensitive to their needs, patients and their families may be free to attain a degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them. Hospice offers palliative care to terminally ill people and their families without regard for age, gender, nationality, race, creed, sexual orientation, disability, diagnosis, availability of a primary care giver, or ability to pay. Purpose The Hospice faculty of the College of Nursing and Health of Madonna University believes in the hospice philosophy as defined by the National Hospice Organization. In accordance with this belief our purpose is to comprehensively prepare individuals to serve diverse client populations during the terminal phase of life, to perform effectively as members of an interdisciplinary team whose goal is to enhance the quality of life by focusing on the physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the hospice patient and family, and to become leaders in the hospice movement by their expertise in their cognate area and research skills. Analyze hospice models of care that support palliative, interdisciplinary interventions in an advanced hospice practice.