Palliative care is best summarized as involving
a. direct attempts to cure disease.
b. meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of someone with an incurable illness.
c. hospitals but not hospices.
d. recognizing that the dying and their family members are experts (i.e., they know what they want and need).
b
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a. True b. False