Letter from the publisher
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 3. [PDF]  

Sounding Board
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 5-7. [PDF]  

Washington Briefs
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 8-9. [PDF]  

Madalon Amenta

Reimbursement, accreditation and the movement’s future: Hospicehas initiated reform, but willit be lasting
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 10-14. [PDF] [References]  

Charles T. A. Flood

Evolution of hospice: With deep roots in history, hospice challenges our most up-to-date attitudes
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 15-17. [PDF] [References]  

Barrie R. Cassileth

Hospice and the biopsychosocial model of health care: Will hospice be the mechanism for change in the American health care system
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 18-20. [PDF] [References]  

Judy A. Donovan

Team nurse and social worker - avoiding role conflict: Paradoxically, conflict in teamwork can be minimized by more overlap of role functions
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 21-23. [PDF] [References]  

Reverend William A. Wendt

Death Rituals: Avoidance and denial unfortunatelyare encouraged by traditions related to death and grief in the United States
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 24-26. [PDF]  

Susan J. Quinn

Elderly in hospice: Older patients need unique kinds of physical, psychosocial and religious support
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 27-30. [PDF]  

Audrey Gordon and Anne Rooney

Hospice and the family: A systems approach to assessment: Family systems theory is applicable to hospice caregiving
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 31-33. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Elizabeth G. Bunn

Volunteers as the backbone: The most difficult aspect of direct service, volunteering is not the doing, but the being
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 34-36. [PDF]  

International and State Events
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 37. [PDF]  

Information for Authors
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 1984 1: 38. [PDF]  

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