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Descriptor English: Palliative Medicine
Descriptor Spanish: Medicina Paliativa
Descriptor medicina paliativa
Scope note: Rama de la medicina que se ocupa de la prevención y el alivio del sufrimiento de los pacientes en cualquier etapa de la enfermedad. Se centra en los cuidados generales y en la mejora de la calidad de todas las áreas de la vida del paciente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicina Paliativa
Descriptor French: Médecine palliative
Entry term(s): Medicine, Palliative
Medicine, Palliative Care
Palliative Care Medicine
Tree number(s): H02.403.645
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065126
Scope note: A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life.
Annotation: specialty only; use PALLIATIVE CARE for care of patients
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Palliative Care (1996-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see PALLIATIVE CARE 1996-2014
History Note: 2015; use PALLIATIVE CARE 1996-2014
Entry Version: PALLIATIVE MED
Related: Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing MeSH
Palliative Care MeSH
DeCS ID: 55759
Unique ID: D065126
NLM Classification: WB 310
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Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Palliative Medicine - Preferred
Concept UI M0015774
Scope note A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life.
Preferred term Palliative Medicine
Entry term(s) Medicine, Palliative
Medicine, Palliative Care
Palliative Care Medicine



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