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Hospice Care Referrals
Programs that link people who are terminally ill with programs that provide supportive services during the final stages of their illness. Hospice care may be provided at home, in a freestanding hospice facility, a hospice unit of a hospital or in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. Services may include medical care, pain and symptom management, home nurse visitation, case management, emotional and spiritual support, and bereavement services for the patient and members of the family.
Midwifery Referrals
Programs that maintain lists of midwifery clinics and midwives, and link individuals who are in need of primary care in the area of pregnancy and childbirth with qualified practitioners.
Physician Referrals
Programs that link people who are in need of primary or specialized medical care with qualified medical practitioners.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.
