群馬にやってきました。150名ほどの看護学生の方々にお集まりいただきました。非常に静かに聴講されていたので、若い学生の方がには緩和ケア・ホスピスケアのお話はあまり興味がないかと思いきや、アンケートには感想や意見がぎっしり。帰りの電車を待つ間しっかり読ませていただきました！

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Dr.  Morita presented a lecture to 150+ nursing students of Gunma Paz University who were interested in providing care to terminally ill patients. Her lecture entitled “Hospice Care in the United States: Providing Emotional Support” illustrated how the American model of hospice care not only addresses the physical well-being of the patient but also the provides for the psychological needs of patients facing an end-of-life crisis and the emotional pain endured by surviving family members.