Abbie Rosner Jun 25, 2019,
A new study finds hospice professionals overwhelmingly support using medical cannabis for hospice patients.
In hospices across North America, medical cannabis is increasingly replacing mind-muddling medications to enable patients to experience their final days relaxed and without pain, able to interact with loved ones consciously and coherently.
The utility of cannabis in elder-care and palliative settings is supported in an important new study recently published in the Journal of Palliative Care. A total of 310 palliative care professionals, including nurses, administrators and physicians from 40 different states responded to a survey on practice, experience and opinions regarding medical cannabis (MC), as part of the largest national survey on this topic to date.
Of all responders, an overwhelming 91% indicated that they support using MC for hospice patients. “And those who practice in states where MC is not yet legal wish that it was.