| palliative |
remedy that alleviates pain without curing alleviative: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
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| palliative care |
Palliative care is an approach to life-threatening chronic illnesses, especially at the end of life. Palliative care combines active and compassionate therapies to comfort and support patients and their families who are living with life-ending illness. Palliative care strives to meet physical needs through pain relief and maintaining quality of life while emphasizing the patient's and family's rights to participate in informed discussion and to make choices. ...
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| palliative |
A treatment that provides symptomatic relief but not a cure.
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| palliative |
Treatment undertaken not to cure but to improve a problem or condition.
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| palliative |
Serving to relieve or alleviate without curing.
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