1 / 1
|
DeCS
|
|
|
Descriptor English:
|
|
Hospice Care
|
Descriptor Spanish:
|
|
cuidados paliativos al final de la vida
|
Descriptor Portuguese:
|
|
Cuidados Paliativos na Terminalidade da Vida
|
Synonyms English:
|
|
Bereavement Care
Care, Bereavement
Care, Hospice
Hospice Program
Hospice Programs
Program, Hospice
Programs, Hospice
|
Tree Number:
|
|
E02.760.905.400
N02.421.585.905.400
SP2.016.142
|
Definition English:
|
|
Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) |
Indexing Annotation English:
|
|
for the dying; /psychol permitted
|
See Related English:
|
|
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Respite Care
|
History Note English:
|
|
92
|
Allowable Qualifiers English:
|
|
|
Record Number:
|
|
30048
|
Unique Identifier:
|
|
D017051
|
Occurrence in VHL:
|
|
|
Similar:
|
|
DeCS
|