Palliative care is a structured system for care delivery that has what as its aim?
A) To give traditional medical care
B) To prevent and relieve suffering
C) To bridge between curative care and hospice care
D) To provide care while there is still hope
Ans: B
Palliative care, which is conceptually broader than hospice care, is both an approach to care and a structured system for care delivery that aims to…prevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for clients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. Palliative care goes beyond giving traditional medical care, which makes option A incorrect. Palliative care is considered a bridge not exclusively limited to hospice care, which makes option C incorrect. Option D is incorrect; hope is something clients and families have even while the client is actively dying.
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