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CQXA

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One of the goals of hospice care is to
 
  A) free doctors to care for patients who are not terminal.
  B) remove the patient from the home environment.
  C) prepare the patient for the impending death.
  D) provide whatever possible curative treatments are available.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of hospice care?
 
  A) It is always provided in a special hospice facility.
  B) It is only provided by nurses, not doctors.
  C) To qualify for it, a person must have no more than 3 months to live.
  D) To qualify for it, a person needs to forego curative medical treatments.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


CQXA

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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