1. To list the three main components of a health care system and explain how their interrelationship influences patient care.
2. To describe the relationship between health care financing and the options available for treatment.
3. To identify factors that influence the doctor-patient relationship and that affect the goal of achieving clear communication.
4. To summarize the types of health care for terminally ill and dying patients and to differentiate between their functions, purposes, and methods.
5. To assess the role of home care in the overall health care system.
6. To identify the challenges involved in elder care.
7. To describe key points in the evolution of trauma and emergency care.
8. To identify the features that make death notification difficult and suggest helpful strategies for delivering bad news.
9. To explain the factors influencing the onset of stress among caregivers and to identify ways of alleviating such stress.
10. To identify psychosocial factors influencing one's relationship with a loved one who is dying.
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