A physician may have known a patient for years. They may know the medical history behind the chart, understand previous treatment decisions, and already have a relationship with the family.
Starting hospice can raise an immediate question about what happens to that physician relationship. For families considering Dynamic In-Home Care’s Los Angeles and Ventura hospice program, an established doctor does not automatically disappear from the care picture when hospice begins.
Hospice Adds a Care Team Without Automatically Replacing a Familiar Doctor
Hospice introduces its own interdisciplinary team, including hospice physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice aides, spiritual counselors, and other professionals involved in the patient’s Plan of Care. That can sound like an entirely new medical structure taking over.
