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sarasara

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Which of the following is Answer: True regarding hospice care?
 
  a. Hospice practitioners feel that any amount of medication should be given to a patient to remove pain, even if this means sedating him or her.
  b. The hospice movement proclaims that only humans who are ambulatory, free of pain, and a minimal burden on friends and family have an inherent right to live a full and complete life up to the moment of death.
  c. The hospice approach to care for terminally ill patients is specially designed to deal with anxiety related to the process of dying.
  d. None of the above.

Question 2

Which of the following is Answer: True regarding hospice care?
 
  a. There are approximately 1,200 hospice programs in the United States.
  b. Because the quality of hospice care is more personalized for dying patients, its cost usually exceeds that charged by most acute care hospitals.
  c. It is rare for major United States corporations to provide hospice benefits for their employees.
  d. Some major medical insurance policies provide payment for hospice care.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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