# Tell me about hospice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-hospice/223465>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-hospice/223465 "2004-01-08T18:01:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-hospice/223465/21 "2004-01-10T04:29:28Z")

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Everyone I’ve ever known that has needed hospice just raves about how wonderful they are.

A family friend worked for one for a few years but quit because she couldn’t take it anymore. Burnout seems to be a major reason hospice workers leave, but while they’re there they apparently are awesome.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-hospice/223465/22 "2004-01-10T13:02:23Z")

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Thank you, **norinew** , for the prayer. I appreciate it.

We’ll see what the doctor says next week about hospice.

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