This article concentrates on a rabbi's questions and feelings towards the use of hospice and palliative care hospital units. Without focusing on a religious premise, the practical and basic palliative care assumptions are examined through the eyes of specific family beliefs and cultural attitudes. In response to these different attitudes, it is suggested that palliative care be more cautious towards its present tendencies and primarily be brought back to the hospital ward.
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