Palliative Care

Question 1

Palliative care

Answer 1

Interdisciplinary care (medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and other specialties when appropriate) that focuses on improving quality of life for persons of any age who are living with any serious illness and for their families.

Question 2

Hospice care

Answer 2

A formal system of interdisciplinary care that provides palliative care services to the dying in the last months of life

Question 3

Currently, patients qualify for hospice if they . . .

Answer 3

Currently, patients qualify for hospice if they have a prognosis of survival of 6 months or less and are willing to forgo curative treatments. Under Medicare, this decision includes relinquishing Part A services

Question 4

Palliative care vs Hospice care

Answer 4

Question 5

Symptom prevalence in advanced illnesses

Answer 5

Question 6

Data suggest that ___ are common in persons with serious illness and that the majority want to discuss ___ with their physicians

Answer 6

Data suggest that spiritual concerns are common in persons with serious illness and that the majority want to discuss their spirituality with their physicians