| palliative care |
Care given to people with chronic, often life-threatening illnesses. Care focuses on symptom management, such as relieving pain or stopping nausea, enhancing quality of life and psychosocial needs.
Ãâó: www.painconnection.org/MyTreatment/MayoClinic_glos...
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| palliative treatment |
Treatment that relieves symptoms, such as pain, but is not expected to cure the disease. The main purpose is to improve the patient's quality of life.
Ãâó: www.legacyhealth.org/body.cfm
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| palliative |
means the reduction of the severity of a disease/symptom without curing the disease.
Ãâó: www.ariusresearch.com/glos.html
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| palliative c. |
see under treatment.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| palliative t. |
treatment designed to relieve pain and distress, but not attempting a cure. See also curative t. Called also supportive t. and palliative care.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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