terminal patient
Incurable illness sufferer
A terminal patient is someone diagnosed with an illness expected to cause death, typically within months.
The term implies medical treatment can no longer cure the condition, only manage symptoms or provide comfort: The hospice specializes in care for terminal patients.
Terminal here means approaching an end point—the terminal stage of disease.
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- home hospiceEnd-stage care at residence
- dyingCeasing to live
- final daysConcluding period
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
comfort care · pain management · end-of-life · living will · do not resuscitate · cancer · bedside · morphine · comfort · quality of life · prognosis · final · illness · incurable · vigil · saying goodbye · goodbye · dignity
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
terminal patientsurvivor
One still alive after
cancer survivor · recovering patient · convalescent · outpatient
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