Home Hospice – Understanding the Issue, Poles’ Attitudes Towards it and the State of Discourse in Media. Research Results

Abstract

The paper presents results of research related to familiarity and understanding of home hos -pice term and shows how the social media discourse of palliative care looks like. Answers and con-clusions are crucial for palliative care organisations as their existence depends on donors financialsupport which engagement is strongly related to communication activities performed by those or-ganisations.In the paper there has been presented opinions about public discussion about terminally ill chil-dren and its potential need for being treated as a taboo. The data whether futile medical care shouldbe performed whatever the cost is also shown in the paper. Researchers asked also who should beresponsible for executing management of hospices in Poland. The main conclusions focus on thenecessity to intensify communication activities, especially by the professionals.