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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): Médecine de soins palliatifs
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 économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
Related: Soins infirmiers en centre de soins palliatifs MeSH
Soins palliatifs 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
Médecine palliative - Preferred
Concept UI M0015774
Preferred term Médecine palliative
Entry term(s) Médecine de soins palliatifs



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