| Descriptor English: | Hospices | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Hospitais para Doentes Terminais | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Établissements de soins palliatifs | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Hospice |
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| Tree number(s): |
N02.278.421.556.185 N02.421.143.550 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006738 | ||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | "palliative & supportive care to the dying patient & his family"; specify geog |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SD supply & distribution SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Hospitals, Special (1968-Jul 1977) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 80; was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL 1978-79 |
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| History Note: | 80(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL Aug 77-79 |
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| DeCS ID: | 6895 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D006738 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1980/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1977/05/12 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/29 |
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Hospices
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0010554 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Hospices |
| Entry term(s) |
Hospice |
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