"From Above"
May 2, 2002 - Hospice care helps patients face the end of their lives with compassion, dignity and respect. Virgina Hyatte, laying down, entered hospice care May 2. Her doctor, Alexander Locascio, left, jokes with her about smoking and answers questions while hospice nurse Ann Swalve takes notes about Hyatte's medication, May 9. Hyatte, 46, succumbed to lung cancer on June 13.