palliation
- noun
- /ˌpæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
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- The hospice team focused on palliation to ensure that patients experienced a peaceful transition during their final days.
Examples
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And so these patients have, as you see here, a lifetime of palliation where they are wrapped like mummies with nothing else to do.
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The emphasis on finding a cure and developing new technology and treatment regimens is being extended to include an emphasis on palliation, relieving suffering, and enabling a "good death."
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This meant that the historical role of physicians was to provide palliation for pain and the comfort care needed to make dying as peaceful as possible.
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The third patient had persistent disease after radiation and underwent palliation with chemotherapy.
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Given the few suicides in Oregon, heavy use of morphine may suggest that it is used extensively for palliation.
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Research on oncology patients has shown that the shift between cure and palliation is one of the greatest challenges for nurses (De Graves and Aranda 2002).
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However, the goals of local radiation therapy have been palliation of pain, prevention of pathologic fractures, and halting progression of or reversing neurologic compromise.
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For instance, if he had progressive disease (and in retrospect it sounds as though he probably did), he probably should not have undergone transplantation, given that immunosuppression would probably facilitate the growth of microscopic tumor deposits and also given that it is possible to provide prolonged palliation by other means.
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He received palliation for his chronic pain, which helped him feel more comfortable even though the disease remained.
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Doctors often discuss palliation options with patients who have incurable illnesses to improve their quality of life.
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A lessening of pain, suffering, or a problem
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Etymology
Palliation comes from the Latin words palliare and pallium, which mean 'cloak'. Like putting a soft cloak over pain to make it less sharp, palliation means reducing the severity of pain or disease without removing its cause.