As you may have seen, Saul Friedman was ahead of the Times with his column Nov. 24, writing about the hospice crisis brewing for the operators and the patients and their families.
Here's a story from today's New York Times on the subject:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/us/27hospice.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Some back articles in the Times on hospices:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/hospice_care/index.html?8qa
And Saul Friedman's column:
http://www.newsday.com/business/custom/retirement/ny-bzsaul5472929nov24,0,2262979.column
--Noel Rubinton