Palliative care

Definition

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment, and treatment of pain and other problems – physical, psychosocial and spiritual.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Contact with health services for nonsurgical interventions not involving devices

• QB90Contact with health services for ear piercing
• QB91Contact with health services for piercing of body site other than ear
• QB92Contact with health services for issue of repeat prescription
• QB93Contact with health services for orthodontic care
• QB94Care involving dialysis
• QB95Care involving use of rehabilitation procedures
• QB96Contact with health services for radiotherapy session
• QB97Contact with health services for chemotherapy session for neoplasm