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Definition of Palliative

Palliative
Palliative Pal"li*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Palliative
Palliative Pal"li*a*tive, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of Palliative from wikipedia

- Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of...
- work of palliative care physician BJ Miller and other palliative care clinicians. The film was executive produced by ho****e and palliative care activist...
- In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable...
- other modalities) Follow-up of cancer patients after successful treatment Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies Ethical questions surrounding...
- management after diagnosis. Examples include caregiving, continued treatment, palliative and ho****e care, and physician-****isted suicide. Decisions regarding...
- Palliative surgery is surgical intervention targeted to make a patient’s symptoms less severe, thus make the patient’s quality of life better despite negligible...
- In 2006, ho****e and palliative medicine was officially recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, and is co-sponsored by the American Boards...
- availability of pediatric palliative care lead to improved palliative care outcomes in children with cancer?". Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16 (9): 1034–1039...
- The Journal of Palliative Medicine (JPM) is the journal of both the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the Ho****e and Palliative Nurses ****ociation...
- Ho****e Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) is an organization whose members provide end-of-life palliative care to terminal patients in the province of Ontario...