National hospice & Palliative care month myth #9-- I want to keep my primary care physician-- and you can!

Dr. Smith has been taking care of me for years and I don't want to go under hospice if I am going to lose all access to him-- he knows me best!! 

Myth: Once a patient elects hospice, he or she can no longer receive care from the primary care physician.
Reality: Hospice reinforces the patient-primary physician relationship by advocating either office or home visits, according to the physician preference. Hospices work closely with the primary physician and consider the continuation of the patient-physician relationship to be of the highest priority.