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2. Palliative care - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, meaning "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimising quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [1] Within the published literature, many definitions of palliative care exist.

3. 'Focus on palliative care not assisted dying' - AOL

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   The state of end-of-life care needs needs to be "fixed" before considering legalising assisted dying, a palliative care specialist has said. ... said end-of-life care needed "urgent attention".

4. End-of-life care - Wikipedia

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   Home care was provided by palliative support teams, and each hospital and care home recognized to have a palliative support team. In 1999, Belgium ranked second (after the United Kingdom) in the number of palliative care beds per capita. In 2001, there was an active palliative care support team in 72% of hospitals and a specialized nurse or ...

5. Hospice and palliative medicine - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care got its start as hospice care delivered largely by caregivers at religious institutions. The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work.

6. Assisted dying bill - latest: Esther Rantzen reacts to ... - AOL

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   We need a national conversation on how we ensure excellent, universally accessible end-of-life and palliative care, and stronger support for marginalised groups.

7. 'Northern Ireland is being left behind on assisted dying' - AOL

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   "In every healthcare choice we make, we should try and do the thing that prolongs life - that’s better palliative care." Mr Cairns is concerned the criteria for assisted dying legislation would ...

8. Terminal illness - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care is an attempt to improve patients' quality-of-life and comfort, and also provide support for family members and carers. [22] Additionally, it lowers hospital admissions costs. However, needs for palliative care are often unmet whether due to lack of government support and also possible stigma associated with palliative care. For ...

9. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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   Hospices exist to provide comfort to people who doctors determine are at the end of their lives, with six months or less to live. The paramount objective, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, a trade association, is to make patients comfortable, with a focus “on enhancing the quality of remaining life.”