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What is palliative care?

What is palliative care? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients.
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Optimising quality of life before a timely, dignified, and peaceful death are the primary aims of palliative care.
The typical model of cancer palliative care might not suit people who have a gradual, progressive decline with unpredictable exacerbations.
In effect he found that feeding via intravenous drip constitutes medical treatment, not palliative care.
Focus groups were used in an exploratory study to examine the perceptions of palliative care among cardiorespiratory nurses.
She willingly lectures at conferences on palliative care, oncology nursing, and pain management.
The patient was discharged to the nursing home under the care of the palliative care team.

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