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Descriptor English:   Palliative Care 
Descriptor Spanish:   Atención Paliativa 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Assistência Paliativa 
Synonyms English:   Palliative Treatment  
Tree Number:   E02.760.666
N02.421.585.666
Definition English:   Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   = relief without cure; coord IM with disease /ther or /surg or /drug ther or other specific qualif (IM); consider also PAIN /ther
History Note English:   96; was PALLIATIVE TREATMENT 1964-95 (Prov 1964-65) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
classification economics
ethics history
legislation & jurisprudence manpower
methods organization & administration
psychology statistics & numerical data
standards trends
utilization  
Record Number:   10353 
Unique Identifier:   D010166 

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