Posted by Taxi dog on Friday, October 2, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
hos·pice
(hsps) n. 1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
2. A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.
[French, from Old French, from Latin
hospitium, hospitality, from hospes, hospit-, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
The term "hospice" (from the same linguistic root...
