This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Allied Health Sciences, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
'Hospice' means 
Select and explain. 
A. Euthanasia for cancer patients, B. Association of colostomy patients in U.S.A, C. Special group helping the old & terminally ill patients, D. Mercy killing of patients in coma
C: Special group helping the old & terminally ill patients
Answer: C: Special group helping the old & terminally ill patients 
Explanation: Hospice is a facility where the most urgent objective is to provide a caring environment for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill. Hospice care focuses on providing comfo & provides, intensive caring with the goal of helping terminally ill people to live well, until they die Dont get this to be confused with Euthanasia or Mercy killing.