Why might a professional health care provider neglect to educate patients about end-of-life care?
a. They fear that patients will perceive that they are giving up.
b. They do not want to influence the patient in any decision.
c. They want to keep up the patient's morale.
d. They believe that death is a personal failure on their part.
ANS: D
Professional health care providers frequently neglect mentioning end-of-life provisions because they believe that death is a personal failure.
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