Spain 's catalonia region is one of the rare places where hospices have been set up in a top-down way by the state .
西班牙的加泰罗尼亚大区就是为数不多的由国家设立临终关怀院的地区之一。
One sign of that change is the establishment of thousands of hospices , places dedicated to caring rather than curing .
变化的标志之一是数千所临终关怀院的设立,这些机构致力于疗心而非疗身。
The " liverpool care pathway for the dying patient " , first adopted in the north-western english city in the late 1990s , is now standard practice in most british hospitals and hospices .
In britain a charity called pets and therapy has been taking animals into care homes , hospices , hospitals and children 's wards to help patients recover and reduce stress levels since 1983 .
She will be patron of four bodies including action on addiction , which works to free people from drug and alcohol addiction , and east anglia 's children 's hospices in eastern england .
Another point that the " pro-life " lobby try to get across is that they believe no one dies painfully now , because of hospices and modern drugs , so euthanasia is not needed .