Palliative Care Involves

question 24

Multiple Choice

Palliative care involves

• A) ending the life of a patient who is suffering from a painful terminal illness.
• B) custodial work designed to make the patient feel comfortable.
• C) final attempts to cure the terminally ill patient.
• D) life-prolonging interventions such as placing the patient on a respirator.
• E) withholding medical information that might upset the patient.

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Definitions:

Phonological Loop

A component of the working memory model that is responsible for handling auditory information and the temporary storage of spoken words.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily holding small amounts of information in consciousness.

Duration

the length of time that something lasts or continues.

Rehearsal

A cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it.