Differentiate between the purpose of palliative care and hospice

What will be an ideal response?


Both movements are intended to reduce pain and suffering of the ill. However, it is not the sole purpose of hospice. Hospice is focused on the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the dying. The philosophy is that death should not be hastened nor should it be postponed but treated as a normal life event.

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Using the 2012 Smoking and Drug Use Amongst English Pupils Dataset (2012smokedrugs.dta), perform diagnostics on the second cigarette consumption multiple linear regression model. To remind you, the outcome variable was cigs7, but recoded to remove all 0s, and the predictor variables were free, schyear, and sex.

Normality Diagnostics: (a) Create a histogram of the residuals to test for non-normality. (b) Create a Q-Q plot to test for non-normality. (c) Perform a Shapiro-Wilk Normality test. (d) If you find non-normality in the residuals, try to find a solution using the techniques.

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In groups, relations-oriented roles are those where members seek their own satisfaction and control.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In the situational theory of leadership, selling behavior refers to the leader engaging in low-task behaviors and high-maintenance behaviors

a. True b. False

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The introduction of Freudian psychology, some radical labor unions, and settlement house opposition

to the first World War were all factors that contributed to: a) A decrease in social activism in the social work profession in the 1920s.. b) An increase in the political awareness of the general population. c) The increased interest in social work as a profession d) The decrease in schools of social work.

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