Palliative Care Through the Illness Continuum
J. Anne Pollett, MD 
January 2005

The more predictable life threatening illness in terms of prognosis is:

a. Cancer b. Heart Failure c. Dementia d. Stroke

Sudden death occurs in about what percentage of US deaths:

a. 5% b. 10% c. 30% d. 66%

Effective palliative care requires that a patient abandon a search for a cure:

a. True b. False

The founding mother of modern Hospice care is:

a. Clara Barton b. Queen Elizabeth c. Cicely Saunders d. none of the above

Choose the best description of the goals of palliative care:

a. Treat complications b. Postpone death c. Diminish suffering d. All f the above

The WHO(1982) definition of pallliative care discusses:

a. Control of pain b. Quality of life c. Care of those who cannot be cured d. All of the above

Which of the following is a feature of the US Medicare Hospice Benefit?

a. Eligibility requires life expectancy of six months or less b. Encourages life prolonging activities c. Covers all recommended cancer treatments d. All of the above

Principles of Hospice Care include:

a. Death is a normal part of living b. Pain builds character c. Cure is the primary goal d. All of the above

Barriers to hospice referral include:

a. Death denying society b. Difficulty of determining life expectancy c. Unwilling to abandon search for cure d. All of the above

In the USA, choose the percent wanting to die at home(first number) and the percent actually dying at home(second number):

a. 50:50 b. 50:25 c. 90:50 d. 90:25

A palliative consultation under Medicare:

  a. Is targeted to those with life expectancy of six months or less b. Linmited to one visit in a patient's lifetime c. Focuses on care planning and explanation of hospice services d. All of the above

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