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hospice movement  

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  • Hospice as a modern social movement seeks to change the individual experience of dying, as well as the nature of death and dying for society as a whole. The movement defines the unit of care as patient and family, and increasingly caregivers, volunteers, and the bereaved. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Hospice Movement]

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