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Descriptor
English
:
Terminal Care
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cuidado Terminal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Assistência Terminal
Synonyms
English
:
Care End, Life
Care Ends, Life
Care, Terminal
End of Life Care
Life Care End
Life Care Ends
Tree Number:
E02.760.905
N02.421.585.905
Definition
English
:
Medical and
nursing care
of
patients
in the terminal stage of an illness.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
medical &
nursing care
for the patient;
TERMINALLY ILL
refers to the patient; also available is
HOSPICE CARE
(palliative & supportive care for the patient &
family
)
See Related
English
:
Advance Care Planning
Hospice Care
Life Support Care
Palliative Care
History Note
English
:
68(64)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
14105
Unique Identifier:
D013727
Occurrence in VHL
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