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Palliative Care |
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed) |
Palliative Treatment,Palliative Supportive Care,Palliative Surgery,Palliative Therapy,Surgery, Palliative,Therapy, Palliative,Care, Palliative,Palliative Treatments,Supportive Care, Palliative,Treatment, Palliative,Treatments, Palliative |
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| D004992 |
Ethics, Medical |
The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families. |
Medical Ethics |
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| D005065 |
Euthanasia |
The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed) |
Mercy Killing,Killing, Mercy,Killings, Mercy,Mercy Killings |
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| D005066 |
Euthanasia, Passive |
Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment. |
Allowing to Die,Euthanasia, Negative,Negative Euthanasia,Passive Euthanasia |
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| D005858 |
Germany |
A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin. |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000700 |
Analgesics |
Compounds capable of relieving pain without the loss of CONSCIOUSNESS. |
Analgesic,Anodynes,Antinociceptive Agents,Analgesic Agents,Analgesic Drugs,Agents, Analgesic,Agents, Antinociceptive,Drugs, Analgesic |
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| D001291 |
Attitude of Health Personnel |
Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. |
Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes |
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| D013727 |
Terminal Care |
Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness. |
End-Of-Life Care,End of Life Care,Care, End-Of-Life,Care, Terminal,End-Of-Life Cares |
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| D016292 |
Conscious Sedation |
A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines) |
Sedation, Conscious,Sedation, Moderate,Moderate Sedation |
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