Concept information
Preferred term
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Hospice Nursing
- Hospice Nursings
- Nursing, Hospice
- Nursings, Hospice
- Palliative Nursing
Scope note
- A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life.
History note
- 2014
In other languages
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Finnish
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palliatiivinen hoitotyö
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saattohoitotyö
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064946
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