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If your teacher gave you several statements to chose from, you did not include them which makes it impossible to give you the "right" answer. But generally speaking, palliative treatment will treat as much as possible the pain and discomfort of a disease but not the disease itself. It is a treatment very often used instead of euthanasia with terminally ill patients.
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Is palliative care right?
Palliative care to reduce suffering and improve quality of life in situations where there is no cure available is certainly appropriate, as would be palliative care in conjunction with curative treatment. Palliative care in lieu of curative treatment when such treatment is available would not be morally right.
What is relieving symptoms but not curing called?
palliate; such as "palliative care" given to terminally-ill patients in a hospice.
What type of treatment would you use on an infrared burn to the eye?
palliative
What is the word palliave in terms of end of care treatment?
The word is palliative and means treatment of symptoms not the underlying disease or illness. In hospices, palliative care is often limited to those providing pain relief and comfort.
What has the author Samuel E Plunkett written?
Samuel E. Plunkett has written: 'Palliative and nursing home care' -- subject(s): Nursing home care, Palliative Care, Palliative treatment, Nursing Homes
What is the medical term meaning treatment that eases pain but does not cure the problem?
palliative
What has the author Elizabeth MacKinlay written?
Elizabeth MacKinlay has written: 'Palliative care, ageing, and spirituality' -- subject(s): Spirituality, Death, Palliative treatment, Terminal care, Caregivers
When does Palliative care begin?
it begins when you fart a lot Palliative care is care of the terminally ill patients. It begins when it is established that no further treatment is going to help so symptomatic treatment is done i.e. keep them comfortable with suitable pain killers.
What is the treatment for prion disease?
There is no known effective treatment to arrest or cure prion diseases. Treatment focuses on alleviating the patient's symptoms, increasing their comfort, and palliative care.
What is an outline of treatment designed to remedy a patient's condition?
The outline of treatment designed to remedy a patient's condition is a treatment plan. Treatment plans may encompass curative care or palliative care.
What is a palliative course of treatment?
When total cure or removal of illness is not possible as in terminal cancer patients treatment is given for the symptoms that trouble the patient such as pain relief treatment. This is called palliative therapy and is most useful for people with terminal illness, those who are in Intensive Care Units and old age related irreversible changes.
How do you spell hospes?
HOSPICE : a medical facility for the palliative treatment of the terminally ill
