A patient with end-stage heart failure has participated in a family meeting with the interdisciplinary team and opted for hospice care. On what belief should the patient's care in this setting be based?
A) Meaningful living during terminal illness requires technologic interventions.
B) Meaningful living during terminal illness is best supported in designated facilities.
C) Meaningful living during terminal illness is best supported in the home.
D) Meaningful living during terminal illness is best achieved by prolonging physiologic dying.
Ans: C
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The hospice movement in the United States is based on the belief that meaningful living is achievable during terminal illness and that it is best supported in the home, free from technologic interventions to prolong physiologic dying.
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