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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
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Gelvisol
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*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