| palliative care |
A comprehensive approach to treating serious illness that focuses on the physical, psychological, spiritual, and existential needs of the patient. Its goal is to achieve the best quality of life available to a patient by relieving suffering, controlling pain and symptoms, and enabling the patient to achieve maximum functional capacity.
출처: www.gdn.edu/Faculty/jwhite/MANAGED%20CARE%20TERMS....
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| palliative care |
Sometimes referred to as comfort care or hospice care, palliative care is a comprehensive approach to treating serious illness with a focus on keeping dying patients comfortable through pain control and addressing psychological, social, and spiritual concerns, instead of treating the disease or condition.
출처: www.aarpsegundajuventud.org/english/health/2003-no...
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| palliative care |
care that is given to a person with progressive, advanced disease with little or no prospect of cure and for whom the primary goal is to maintain quality of life.
출처: www.brightwatergroup.com.au/content/glossary.php
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| palliative |
Care that reduces the severity of symptoms without the underlying goal of effecting a cure. Palliative care often aims at providing the highest quality of life for the longest time possible for an animal with a condition that is uncurable for either medical or economic reasons.
출처: www.vcaspecialtyvets.com/Specialties/Oncology/Onco...
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| palliative treatment |
Therapy that relieves symptoms, such as pain, but does not alter the course of the disease. Peristalsis: Progressive contraction and relaxation of the intestines. Primary Sites: The site in the body where cancer originated. Prognosis: A prediction of the course of the disease. Prosthesis: An artificial substitute for a missing body part.
출처: www.ebaptisthealthcare.org/CancerProgram/Glossary....
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