There has been an important increase in hospice or palliative care—keeping patients with incurable diseases as comfortable as possible while they live out the remainder of their lives.

临终关怀或姑息护理都在增多，使不治之症患者尽可能舒服地度过生命的最后时光。

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According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, most Americans - 80 percent, one survey reported - would prefer to die at home.

根据美国国家临终关怀和姑息治疗组织的一项调查指出，有80%的美国人更愿意在家中逝去。

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At that point, he could have opted for palliative care and gone home on hospice with a decent enough quality of life to enjoy what little time he had left.

那个时侯他可以选择安宁治疗，回家好好渡过他人生最后的一段时间。

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For example, the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in South Bend,Indiana joined with the Palliative Care Association of Uganda.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in South Bend,Indiana, has ties to the Palliative Care Association of Uganda in Kampala.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Already, non-hospice palliative care programs do some of this.

FORBES: Learning the Right Lessons from Hospice

In 2011, 1.65 million people received hospice care, up 16 percent from 2007, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

FORBES: Learning the Right Lessons from Hospice

Friends and family can help tremendously simply by showing up, says Kathy Brandt, vice president of professional leadership, consumer and caregiver services for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

CNN: 'You're going to die the way you live'