Bioethics Practice Exam

Palliative care focuses on which aspects of patient care?

Cure-focused care Quality of life and pain control Rehabilitation-focused care Public health policy

Correct Answer:

Quality of life and pain control

Explanation:

Palliative care centers on relieving suffering and maximizing quality of life for people with serious illness. It prioritizes symptom relief—especially pain control—along with emotional, social, and spiritual support, and helps patients and families clarify goals and make decisions aligned with those goals. It can be provided alongside disease-directed or curative treatments, not only when curative options are exhausted. The other approaches focus on curing the disease, restoring function through rehabilitation, or addressing broader public health policy, which aren’t the primary aims of palliative care.

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