Delaying transition to hospice care can lead to prolonged suffering and continuation of non-beneficial treatments.

“So it's very often that the physicians don't bring up hospice until way late in the game.”

“Yeah, I would say as as in broad strokes unequivocally in general, the answer is yes. I think we know that patients and families wait too long. they're suffering more than they need to and taking on treatments that are no longer helping them for a longer period of time that there's a what can feel like a charade portion of care.”