Palliative Care Does Everything Except

question 4

Multiple Choice

Palliative care does everything except

• A) promote comfort.
• B) reduce disease exacerbations.
• C) decrease acute care hospital admissions.
• D) promote a cure for chronic disease.

---

Definitions:

Hormones

Hormones are chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands that regulate various functions of the body like growth, metabolism, and reproduction.

Asexual Reproduction

The process by which an organism creates a genetically identical copy of itself without the involvement of sexual gametes.

Sexual Reproduction

A biological process where organisms produce offspring through the combination of genetic material from two different cells.

Afterbirth

The placenta and fetal membranes discharged from the uterus following the birth of offspring.