A hospice patient's surgical procedure to reduce the size of his tumor in an effort to relieve pain will be classified as:
A) Diagnostic
B) Laparoscopic
C) Curative
D) Palliative
Ans: D
Feedback: A patient on hospice will only undergo a surgical procedure for palliative care. The reduction of tumor size to relieve pain is considered a palliative procedure. A laparoscopic procedure is a type of surgery which is utilized for diagnostic purposes or for repair. The excision of a tumor is classified as curative. This patient is not having the tumor removed, only the size reduced.
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