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