In hospice care, the approach to care is best described as focusing on which of the following?

• A. A Aggressive life-prolonging treatments
• B. B Symptom management and family support
• C. C Solely medical interventions
• D. D Isolation of patient from family

Answer: (B)

In hospice care, the approach centers on comfort, quality of life, and support for both patient and family through careful symptom relief and psychosocial care. This means actively managing pain and distressing symptoms while also helping with emotional, spiritual, and practical needs, and providing support for caregivers. The goal is to ease suffering and honor the patient’s preferences as life draws to a close, often by moving away from disease-directed curative efforts when they no longer improve quality of life. The other options don’t fit because pursuing aggressive life-prolonging treatments focuses on extending life at the expense of comfort; hospice is not solely medical since it also addresses emotional, social, and spiritual aspects; and isolation from family contradicts the family-centered, holistic approach that hospice embraces.