A client has just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and is referred to a pain management group to minimize the discomfort associated with her illness. The provision of this service is BEST represented as which of the following?

Tertiary prevention focuses on managing complicated, long-term diseases, injuries, or illnesses. The goal is to prevent further deterioration and maximize quality of life because the disease is now established .Other types of prevention strategies are aimed at preventing the development of a disease and/or slowing its progression or minimizing its long-term impacts. Hospice is associated with care as a result of a life-limiting illness. The case vignette does not indicate that the cancer is terminal, so the management of the pain may be associated with treatment that is occurring.