After months of chemotherapy for breast cancer with no significant results, Mrs. Selbinco has decided that she can no longer cope with the nausea and other unpleasant side effects of the treatment
Knowing her prognosis, she has none-the-less declined any further treatment. Mrs. Selbinco: a. is moving from the early palliative phase to the late palliative phase of the illness trajectory.
b. is exiting from the late palliative phase of her illness.
c. is moving from the early palliative phase to the middle palliative phase of the illness trajectory.
d. is exiting the curative phase and entering the early palliative phase of the illness trajectory.
A
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