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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. 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 ...

4. Symptomatic treatment - Wikipedia

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   Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well-being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing organic consequences and ...

5. UH Samaritan doctor explains benefits of seeking hospice ...

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   Dr. Pierre said palliative care services may be provided in any care setting − home, skilled nursing facility, long-term care facility, assisted living facility, hospital, group home, and clinic ...

6. Palliative Care: Symptom Relief During Illness - AOL

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7. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Palliative care is supported by the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa and by national programmes partly funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. [41] Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), founded by Anne Merriman, began offering services in 1993 in a two-bedroom house loaned for the purpose by Nsambya Hospital. [41]

8. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hospice care in the United States was the subject of the Netflix 2018 Academy Award-nominated [29] short documentary End Game, [30] about terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital and Zen Hospice Project, featuring the work of palliative care physician BJ Miller and other palliative care clinicians.

9. Health and legal experts among 73 academics to sign letter ...

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   Leading academic experts in the fields of health, end-of-life care and the legal system have joined together to sign an open letter opposing the assisted dying bill which MPs are due to debate on ...