palliative
Example Sentences
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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
Standard treatments such as chemotherapy and a first bone marrow transplant did not work, and discussions about palliative care had begun when the research team offered the experimental therapy.
From Science Daily
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