Medical care provided to relieve pain and discomfort, also called palliative care.
an approach to care of the dying that emphasizes the relief of discomfort rather than the cure of illness or prolongation of life. Physical, social and emotional needs are the first priority, even when treatment such as high dose pain medication may have the effect of hastening death.
an approach to care that focuses on pain control to ensure comfort when patients are no longer able to participate in activities important to maintaining their lifestyle; palliative care.
The level of care needed to keep DNR patients comfortable. Comfort care attends to patients' basic needs for nourishment and relief from pain, and provides care appropriate to and consistent with patients' needs and wishes. Extraordinary and/or heroic measures to preserve life are beyond comfort care.
Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. The goal of comfort care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by treatment of the disease, and psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to the disease or its treatment. Also called palliative care, supportive care, and symptom management.
A synonym for palliative care; the goal of treatment is pain management and relief from suffering rather than cure.
Medical care intended to provide relief from pain and discomfort, such as pain control drugs.