palliative
Example Sentences
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She says for many of these patients, palliative care and managing their symptoms, mainly pain, would be preferable: "Their quality of life would be much better and we would avoid a hospital admission."
From BBC
Support for people in their communities could help deal with the "root causes" of many hospital admissions, she said, adding that social and palliative services are "stretched".
From BBC
"Those who support the bill talk about choice. I'm not sure we have choice - we don't properly fund palliative care, we don't properly fund palliative-care research," she said.
From BBC
A consultant in palliative care highlighted the impending "crisis" during an online internal meeting of health leaders in Sussex, a recording of which has been heard by the BBC.
From BBC
She said the family has now been referred to the palliative care team.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
