hospice care
Terminal illness support
Hospice care is medical care focused on comfort rather than cure, provided to patients with terminal illnesses in their final months of life.
The emphasis shifts from aggressive treatment to pain management, emotional support, and quality of remaining time.
Hospice care may be delivered at home, in hospitals, or in dedicated facilities: She enrolled in hospice care after stopping chemotherapy.
- terminal illnessIncurable, deadly medical condition
- living willsInstructions for future medical care
- last wishesDying person's stated desires
- symptom reliefLessening disease's felt effects
- pain managementReducing patient suffering medically
medication management · meaning-making · quality of life · letting go · saying goodbye · bereavement support · advance directives · religious rituals · peaceful death · grief counseling · patient autonomy · spiritual guidance · ethical dilemmas · coping mechanisms · community resources · existential reflection · family counseling · dying
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- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- health policypublic health policy, health policy, healthcare policy, health legislation, health directives
- social workcase notes, person-centered, fieldwork, community development, clinical practice
- Terminal Illnessterminal cancer, terminal diagnosis, incurable disease, end-stage, dying
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, clinic, clinics, doctor
hospice careaggressive treatment
Forceful medical intervention
resuscitation · chemotherapy · radiation therapy · full code · disease eradication
hospice careintensive care
Specialized treatment for severe illness
critical care · acute care · life support · extraordinary measures · full code
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