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Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, dementia, advanced heart disease, and for HIV/AIDS, or long COVID in bad cases, rather than for injury.
Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, meaning "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [1]
Terminal illness insurance (known as accelerated death benefit in North America) pays out a capital sum if the policyholder is diagnosed with a terminal illness from which the policyholder is expected to die within 12 months of diagnosis by a physician who specializes in that illness or condition. The payout is still valid even if the insured ...
Most recently, Spain and Austria have legalised assisted dying for both terminal illness and intolerable suffering. In Austria, the drugs must be self-administered, whereas in Spain a medical ...
Laura Sayin’s son Teo has been diagnosed with non-ketotic hyperglycinemia, and she has launched a fundraiser to help find a cure Newborn diagnosed with terminal illness after refusing to be held ...
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A systematic review conducted in 2021 investigated the end of life care experiences of people with severe mental illness, including those with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. The research found that individuals with a severe mental illness were unlikely to receive the most appropriate end of life care.
A terminally ill single mom-of-two set up a GoFundMe page in the hopes of raising $5,000 to cover the expenses of her own funeral and support her children. Nevertheless, her heartbreaking story ...