Legal Opinion
Cianciotto v. Hospice Care Network
New York District Court
Decided July 26, 2011Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Michael A. Ciaffa, J.
Hospices play a critical role, today, in caring for the terminally ill. The last four decades have seen the hospice care movement *918grow rapidly, from a small National Cancer Institute demonstration project to a 12 billion dollar a year industry. (See Audrey Sander Hagerman, Hospice: An Alternative Treatment of Care for the Terminally Ill, 8 Pace L Rev 115 [1988]; Rau, Concerns About Costs Rise With Hospices’ Use, New York Times, June 27, 2011, at Dl.)
Hospice programs, as currently structured, are designed to provide comprehensive “palliative and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Lawrence v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Fourth Ocean Putnam Corp. v. Interstate Wrecking Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Seaver v. . RansomNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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