ABSTRACT
The original proposition that hospice philosophy is underpinned by spatial practices, suggests that there is a difference in the understanding and use of the terminology building, place and space. It explores Lefebvre's theory of space, as it relates to the concepts of place, space, building and landscape, and their interrelationship with social relations and lived experience, will form the guiding framework for the analysis of hospice space. The widespread adoption of hospice home-care has meant that hospice spatial practices have moved beyond the bounds of a physical hospice building. Hospice care is perceived to be a part of everyday life and social relations with the routine of care reaching outside of the physical boundaries of the hospice building. The spatial practices of the hospice are also reflected in the use and coding of the building and its interior as Lefebvre suggests, the decoding or deciphering of space reveals the spatial practices of a society.
