Describe how palliative care may differ from hospice care

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MSE: Patient was cooperative and interacted well with the examiner with intermittent eye contact. He answered most questions appropriately. Speech is soft, coherent with normal rate and tone without tangentiality or circumstantiality. He denies having any hallucinations or unusual thoughts. Patient can recall two out of three items for short term memory. Remote memory is intact. Using the DSM 5 and course materials answer the following questions.

1. What diagnosis should you consider? Explain your clinical reasoning for this diagnosis. Include your differential diagnosis.

2. What labs will you order?

3. What evidence-based screening tools will you consider? Include any ethnocultural assessments needed.

4. What aspects of the risk assessment will you focus for this patient?

5. Describe how palliative care may differ from hospice care.

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