A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life
A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life
Palliative Care -- personal narratives : Narrative and stories in health care : illness, dying, and bereavement / edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam, David Oliviere
A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life
Palliative treatment Acute diseases : Models and strategies to integrate palliative care principles into care for people with serious illness : proceedings of a workshop / Laurene Graig and Joe Alper, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, Board on Health Care Services, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Palliative treatment -- Aged : Geriatric palliative care / edited by R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier ; and deputy editor, Carol Capello
2003
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Palliative treatment AIDS (Disease) : Palliative medicine : evidence-based symptomatic and supportive care for patients with advanced cancer
2004
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Palliative treatment Alzheimer's disease : Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia : guidelines and standards for evidence-based care / [edited by] Gary A. Martin, Marwan N. Sabbagh
Palliative treatment -- Australia -- Case studies. : When a child dies : caring for children with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions / [report prepared by the Association for Children with a Disability ; author: Susan Sach]
Palliative treatment -- Australia -- Victoria -- Planning. : What happens after dark? : improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria, for patients, their carers and health professionals / [Margaret O'Connor, Heather Tan]
Palliative treatment Cancer Middle East : Palliative care to the cancer patient : the Middle East as a model for emerging countries / Michael Silbermann, editor