A medical board subspecialty in hospice and palliative care requires a physician to be board certified in a specialty such as internal medicine, surgery, or family medicine. What is(are) the other requirement?
A. Employment in a palliative care unit.
B. Treating at least 20 terminal ill patients.
C. Employed by a hospice.
D. Completing a one-year fellowship in hospice and palliative care.
E. All of these.
Answer: D
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