supportive care
Non-curative medical help
Supportive care is medical treatment focused on relieving symptoms and improving quality of life rather than curing the underlying disease.
It addresses pain, nausea, fatigue, and emotional distress alongside or instead of curative treatment: The oncologist recommended supportive care to manage side effects of chemotherapy.
The term often appears in discussions of serious illness where comfort becomes the primary goal.
- hydration therapyMedical fluid replenishment treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- family meetingHousehold discussion gathering
- acupunctureTherapeutic needle insertion
- ethical decision-makingPrincipled judgment process
chaplain · grief therapy · analgesia · massage therapy · mobility aids · mental health services · mindfulness meditation · warm blanket · art therapy · bedside · gentle touch · symptom · quality of life · aromatherapy · listening · blanket · dignity · nourishment
- remediesremedy, cure, medicine, treatment, medications
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, physical therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- elder oncologychemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, polypharmacy
- Gum Treatmentgingivectomy, scaling, deep cleaning, curettage, debridement
supportive careaggressive treatment
Forceful medical intervention
definitive treatment · intensive care · intensive treatment · targeted therapy · intensive therapy
supportive caretargeted therapy
Treatment hitting specific molecules
chemotherapy · radiation therapy · surgical intervention · immunotherapy · experimental treatment