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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Terminal Care > Hospice Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Terminal Care > Hospice Care

Preferred term

Hospice Care  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bereavement Care
  • Care, Bereavement
  • Hospice Program
  • Hospice Programs
  • Program, Hospice
  • Programs, Hospice

Note

  • for the dying; /psychol permitted

Scope note

  • Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

History note

  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017051

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