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palliative care

American  

noun

  1. medical care focused on improving the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses, as by treating symptoms and providing emotional support.


Etymology

Origin of palliative care

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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I am writing this from a hospital room where my mother recently entered palliative care.

From The Wall Street Journal

The doctor at the hospital told my wife and son that I should be put on palliative care to make my final days as painless as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr Gordon Macdonald, from campaign group Care Not Killing, said the bill ignored the wider "deep-seated problems in the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system".

From BBC

"I'm keeping control over my life even though I can't control what's happening to my body," said the mother of two and grandmother of four as she admired the winter sun on the snow outside her room in a palliative care centre.

From Barron's

"Welsh hospices are in the middle of a funding crisis and I believe that we should use taxpayers money to ensure that as many people in Wales as possible have access to the high quality palliative care that they deserve, affirming their dignity, the dignity of every single person in this country until their last natural breath."

From BBC