One of your patients is not responding to curative treatment. Implementing which of the following would be most appropriate at this time?
a. Hospice care c. Terminal care
b. Palliative care d. Respite care
B
You would most likely begin to implement palliative care. Palliative care has been defined by the
World Health Organization as the active, total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to
curative treatment. Palliative care is directed at preventing, reducing, and relieving symptoms of
disease or disorders rather than interventions to cure.
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