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Can I keep my own physician during hospice care?

Name: Can I keep my own physician during hospice care?
Uploaded: 2013-04-05T00:49:36+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Channel: David Kessler
Description: A short YouTube Q&A by David Kessler (uploaded April 5, 2013) answering whether a patient can keep their own physician during hospice care. Kessler…

5 Apr 2013 · 0 min

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A short YouTube Q&A by David Kessler (uploaded April 5, 2013) answering whether a patient can keep their own physician during hospice care. Kessler states that the patient and their physician can often choose to keep the physician involved; hospices also have a medical director and hospice physicians who may assume care depending on the situation.

Can I keep my own physician during hospice care? When you enter hospice care, whether it be in a facility or in your home, your physician can stay on your case if you both decide that that would be beneficial. There's always a medical director there who's available, and many physicians choose to stay on. And sometimes they will turn over the care to the hospice physician. It really depends on what your physician and you decide.