Hoffman Heath C, Dickinson George E
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424, USA.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2011 Jun;28(4):245-52. doi: 10.1177/1049909110381884. Epub 2010 Sep 11.
Hospice programs have emerged over the last 40 years as both an effective and humane practice for responding to terminal illnesses in the free society. More recently, hospice has diffused throughout state, federal, and municipal correctional systems. Thus, we sought via a mailed survey of the 69 known prison hospice programs in the United States (response rate of 62%) to determine how prison hospice programs were similar or dissimilar to hospices in the free society. Our findings suggest that prison hospices have a more stringent screening process for volunteers and require more volunteer training prior to interacting with a hospice patient. Prison hospice programs tend to follow both the National Prison Hospice Association and the GRACE Project guidelines.
临终关怀项目在过去40年中出现，成为自由社会中应对绝症的一种有效且人道的做法。最近，临终关怀已在州、联邦和市惩教系统中普及。因此，我们通过对美国69个已知的监狱临终关怀项目进行邮寄调查（回复率为62%），以确定监狱临终关怀项目与自由社会中的临终关怀项目有哪些异同。我们的研究结果表明，监狱临终关怀项目对志愿者的筛选过程更为严格，并且在志愿者与临终关怀患者互动之前需要更多的志愿者培训。监狱临终关怀项目倾向于遵循国家监狱临终关怀协会和GRACE项目的指导方针。
