Which of the Following Evolved from the Hospice Movement in the 1960s

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following evolved from the hospice movement in the 1960s and 1970s and assists in increasing numbers of people who experience chronic, debilitating, and life-limiting illnesses, and can be practiced in a variety of settings including hospitals, outpatient settings, community home health programs, and hospices?

• A) Respite care
• B) Curative care
• C) Hospice care
• D) Palliative care

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive and not under conscious control, such as knee-jerk reactions.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations of the target behavior.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning where successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.