Welcome to No One Gets Out of Here Alive, the fifth series from Health Affairs Pathways. In this series, Clemson University's Tracy Fasolino unpacks some of the legislative and policy issues associated with palliative care and hospice services through the lens of a nurse. 
 
To start, Tracy peers into the past and tells the history of hospice legislation and the evolution of palliative care. She highlights the key players in the creation of the hospice benefit and shares insights on the growth of palliative care in the US.

Guests on this episode include Edo Banach, Dr. Betty Ferrell from City of Hope, and Dr. Wayne Hollinger.

Music by Elias Workman.

Related Links:

• Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Interview
• President Nixon Signs the National Cancer Act (Richard Nixon Foundation)
• National Hospice Study: Patient and Facility Data, [1980-1983]
• Policy and the Reformation of Hospice (Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing)