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Physician Resources

• A Guide for Clinicians - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Using Narcotics Safely - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Loss and Grieving: Advice for Healthcare Providers Caring for Dying Patients - pdf, added 9/6/07

Planning Ahead

• End-of-Life Decisions: Clinical Issues - pdf, added 9/6/07
• If You or Someone You Love is Very Ill…Ask Tough Questions - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Conversations Before the Crisis - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life - pdf, added 9/6/07

Advance Directives

• End-of-Life Issues: Advance Directives - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Questions and Answers: Advance Directives & End-of-Life Decisions - pdf, added 9/6/07
• Oregon Advance Directive - pdf, added 9/6/07
• California Advance Directive - pdf, added 9/6/07
• You Have Filled Out Your Advance Directive. Now What? - pdf, added 9/6/07

Article: “Tube Feeding in Dementia: How Incentives Undermine Health Care Quality
and Patient Safety”

Article: Study Shows Hospice Patients Live Longer
(pdf file - will open in a new window)

Article: "Hospice Community Applauds Dementia Care Recommendations
for End-of-Life Care"

Article Reviews Best Practices in Ventilator Removal of ICU Patients

For Fast Facts & Articles on End-Of-Life/Palliative Care
visit  www.eperc.mcw.edu.

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Klamath Hospice, Inc. Offers "Information Visits"
Helping patients and families before they may be "ready for hospice."

Introduce Hospice…
            You don’t have to wait until "it’s time" for hospice care to talk about it. If you would not be surprised if your patient had less than six months to live, let us help.

We will:

Discuss services available from Klamath Hospice, Inc.

Dispel myths and misconceptions about hospice care

Decrease fear and anxiety

Even if you or your patient isn’t sure about hospice "yet"…

Call us. We will be happy to schedule "Information Meetings" in:

Please call (541) 882-2902 to schedule an "Information Meeting" at a time convenient for your patients and their families.

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Click here for a printable brochure: Referring Your Patients to Klamath Hospice, Inc. (pdf file)

	Dr. Kenneth Magee has been a Medical Director with Klamath Hospice going on 6 years.  He has lived in Klamath Falls for over 40 years.  He brings to Klamath Hospice patients 43 years of experience and knowledge.  Dr. Magee is a delightful presence wherever he is.  He believes in "End of Life Care" that is compassionate and loving not only for the patient but also the family.		Dr. Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez is going on 2 years as a Medical Director.  Her hope is "for patients and families to experience death and dying as a time to come together.  Despite the difficulty of this time, it can be an opportunity for growth and strength in their relationship with each other, the world around them and their own spirituality.  I find it a privilege that people let me become part of their lives during difficult transitions."  Dr. Joyce has lived here for 6 years with her husband and almost 2 year old daughter.
	Dr. Jeff Marx is a founding member of Klamath Hospice.  His vision of what "End of Life Care" should be gave Klamath Hospice the foundation it stands on today.  Dr. Marx practices Internal Medicine and is our "On-Call MD".		Klamath Hospice, Inc. 4745 S. 6th Street Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541.882.2909 ~ 877.882.2902 www.klamathhospice.org A Non-Profit, United Way Agency