Respiratory home care contributes to achieving which of the following goals?
1. Improving patients' physical and social well-being
2. Ensuring cost-effective delivery of care
3. Supporting and maintaining patients' lives
4. Promoting patient and family self-sufficiency
a. 2 and 4 only
b. 1, 2, and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: D
Respiratory home care can contribute to supporting and maintaining life; improving patients' physical, emotional, and social well-being; promoting patient and family self-sufficiency; ensur-ing cost-effective delivery of care; and maximizing patient comfort near the end of life.
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