Multiple Choice
The text points out an inconsistency between hospice care and hospital care. Which of the following best captures the sense of that inconsistency?
A) Hospitals focus on keeping patients alive, whereas hospice is focused on helping a person die.
B) In a hospital, decisions about extending life are made by the patient but in hospice care trained professionals make these decisions for the patient.
C) Most real care in hospitals is done by nurses but in hospice care the real care is done by physicians.
D) Most hospital care is covered by insurance but hospice care is hardly ever covered by insurance.
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