Code of Ethics Paper

Introduction

Hospice mission statement is “Family Hospice's mission is to provide the highest quality of care to patients and their families who are dealing with a life limiting illness. Staff and volunteers are committed to the hospice philosophy of patient choice and dignity.” Hospice code of ethics is “Patient Rights and Responsibilities, Relationships to Other Provider Agencies, Responsibility to the National Association for Home Care, Fiscal Responsibilities, Marketing and Public Relations, Personnel, Legislative, Hearing Process.” Hospice core value is as follows “Commitment: Committed first and foremost to the delivery of Compassionate Care for all of our constituencies (patients, families, payers, community, and each other).Compassion: Compassionate Care is at the very heart of what we do and why we exist. Compassionate Care values human dignity. It is doing the right thing for the right reason. It differentiates us from all other providers. Competence: Competent Care is the first essential step to providing Compassionate Care. It is leading edge and cost competitive with any other credible provider.

Community: Community support is our ultimate edge in providing Compassionate Care. It enables us to constructively enlist the collaborative support of volunteers and other community entities, creating the capacity to meet community needs. Creativity: Creativity is tapping the brilliance within us and our community to generate ideas that will continually improve Compassionate Care in the face of all that might challenge it.”

Hospice goals are to care for the terminally ill patients. The staff tries to make the patients feel as comfortable as possible, relieve pain and the suffering of the terminally ill patients. Hospice tries to make death as “good” death, to help the family, and use teamwork and listen to patients and their family. Hospice ethical principals are through their standards, policies, and procedures that provide ethical culture among the...