Alison Has Just Entered a Hospice

question 99

Multiple Choice

Alison has just entered a hospice. She can expect _____.

• A) pain management
• B) artificial life-support systems
• C) restricted visiting hours for family and close friends
• D) to be resuscitated if she quits breathing on her own

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Definitions:

Clairvoyance

The claimed ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through means other than the known human senses.

Sensory Organs

Structures specialized in detecting changes in the environment and transmitting neural information to the brain for processing, such as eyes, ears, and skin.

Nociceptors

Sensory receptors that detect signals from damaged tissue and transmit information about pain to the central nervous system.

Neurons

Specialized cells of the nervous system that transmit signals to different parts of the body, functioning as the basic units of communication.