A physician suggests hospice care for a patient with aggressive brain cancer that is not responding to curative care. Which of the following is true about hospice care?
A. The care occurs in a hospice facility that is separate from other medical facilities.
B. It focuses on relieving pain using alternative comfort measures instead of medications.
C. It is not designed to meet the emotional needs of the patient or family.
D. It is not designed to target the underlying disease process.
E. It focuses on care in the hospital.
D. It is not designed to target the underlying disease process.
In the United States, hospice care may be provided in facilities built especially for that purpose, in hospitals and nursing homes, or at home. Hospice care focuses on relieving pain (through traditional medication use as well as alternative methods), controlling symptoms, and meeting emotional needs and personal values of the terminally ill, instead of targeting the underlying disease process.
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