Monthly Archives: January 2011

John Stroger Hospital, Goes Beyond Medical Care, Granting Dying Wishes of Terminally Ill Foreign-Born Patients

In Chicago, Illinois, about 38% of the John Stroger Hospital’s palliative unit’s patients are foreign-born.  On average, about 25 to 30 patients a year ask to return to their homelands.  From 2005 to 2007, the Stroger team helped 57 patients, … Continue reading

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