[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27873]


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                Proclamation 7727 of October 30, 2003

                
National Hospice Month, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Hospice care plays an important role in American 
                medicine by easing a patient's suffering while 
                reaffirming individual dignity in a familiar, 
                comfortable environment. Across our Nation, hospice 
                care providers are assisting in hospitals, nursing 
                homes, and private residences, offering physical, 
                emotional, and spiritual support to patients who often 
                have a short life expectancy.

                Hospice teams consist of physicians, nurses, social 
                workers, counselors, and volunteers who are experts in 
                end-of-life issues. They offer pain management, 
                therapy, nutrition, and other supportive care in the 
                home or other comfortable surroundings, making it 
                easier for patients, family members, and friends to 
                spend time together in their loved one's final days. 
                Hospice experts also offer grief counseling to friends 
                and family members after their loss.

                Every stage of human life deserves to be treated with 
                respect and care. I commend all those who work and 
                volunteer as hospice care providers. Their 
                contributions make our Nation a better place.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby 2 proclaim November 2003 as National 
                Hospice Month. I encourage Americans to increase their 
                awareness of hospice service and to observe this month 
                with appropriate activities and programs.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand three, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 03-27873
Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]
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