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Palliative Care

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Definition: Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)  = relief without cure; coord IM with disease /ther or /surg or /drug ther or other specific qualif (IM); consider also PAIN /ther   
See Also Pain 		Other names Palliative Treatment; Treatments, Palliative; Treatment, Palliative; Palliative Treatments; Care, Palliative; Therapy, Palliative; Surgery, Palliative; Palliative Therapy; Palliative Surgery; Palliative Medicine; Medicine, Palliative
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Gelvisol  0   *Glutamates *Hexoses Drug Combinations Cholecystitis/drug therapy Palliative Care Plasma Substitutes Vitamins. Probl Gematol Pereliv Krovi 23(10):43;1978; Vest Khirur 120(3):114;1978

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