{"id":64378,"date":"2023-02-22T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=64378"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:02:35","slug":"dr-drickamer-speaks-to-washington-post-on-hospice-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/dr-drickamer-speaks-to-washington-post-on-hospice-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Drickamer speaks to Washington Post on hospice care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2442\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 232px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1287\/2022\/02\/drickamer_margaret-scaled-5-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret Drickamer, MD\" width=\"222\" height=\"178\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Margaret Drickamer, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Washington Post recently quoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/directory\/margaret-drickamer-md\/\">Dr. Margaret Drickamer<\/a> in an article on hospice care. As the Associate Medical Director of Inpatient Hospice, Dr. Drickamer, deals with tough choices on a regular basis. She says, &#8220;it can be upsetting for family members and patients who have prepared for death, only to be told the patient has hit a plateau and is being discharged from hospice care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/02\/21\/hospice-dying-end-of-life\/\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post recently quoted Dr. Margaret Drickamer in an article on hospice care. As the Associate Medical Director of Inpatient Hospice, Dr. Drickamer, deals with tough choices on a regular basis. 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