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Descriptor English:   Hospices 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hospitais para Doentes Terminais 
Synonyms English:   Hospice  
Tree Number:   N02.278.421.556.185
N02.421.143.550
Definition English:   Facilities or services which are especially devoted to providing palliative and supportive care to the patient with a terminal illness and to the patient's family. 
Indexing Annotation English:   "palliative & supportive care to the dying patient & his family"; specify geog
History Note English:   80(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL Aug 77-79 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CL classification EC economics
ES ethics HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods
OG organization & administration ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data SD supply & distribution
TD trends  
Record Number:   6895 
Unique Identifier:   D006738 

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