Date of Award
1990
Degree Name
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
K. P. Ambrose
Second Advisor
Leonard J. Deutsch
Abstract
It has been recognized that a hospice must move through several stages in order to become an organization. Moving from a volunteer or interest group to an operating hospice requires detailed planning and organizing. Also, community support and financial stability are crucial in the developing stages. The developing hospice also needs support from the medical community, because physicians make most of the patient referrals to the hospice program.
Several reasons may be given to explain why the Hospice of Lincoln County was unsuccessful in developing into an operating organization. First, the board of directors for this developing hospice were the same members on the board of directors for the Lincoln County Primary Care Center. The members did not have the time to serve on both boards. Therefore, this led to problems in trying to organize and plan the hospice program.
Subject(s)
Hospice care – West Virginia.
Recommended Citation
Lowery, Rebecca Ann, "Hospice: a descriptive analysis of the structure and formation of hospice organization in West Virginia" (1990). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1538.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1538
