Concept information
Preferred term
Palliative Medicine
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Medicine, Palliative
- Medicine, Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Medicine
Note
- specialty only; use PALLIATIVE CARE for care of patients
Scope note
- A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life.
History note
- 2015; use PALLIATIVE CARE 1996-2014
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065126
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