Palliative Care
| Definition: |
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed) |
| Notes: |
= relief without cure; coord IM with disease /ther or /surg or /drug ther or other specific qualif (IM); consider also PAIN /ther |
| Also Called: |
Palliative Medicine,Palliative Surgery |
Palliative Care Definitions and Terms
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