palliative
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She provides palliative nursing care to patients in their homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would not be voting on the issue and has suggested that palliative and social care should be better funded before legalising assisted suicide is considered.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The child was born with Amish lethal microcephaly, a rare genetic disorder associated with a severely shortened life expectancy, and had been receiving palliative care since shortly after birth.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Kelkar says the state is not starting from scratch, with pensions, the Vayomithram programme - a widely studied community-based palliative care system - and other welfare schemes already in place.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
One palliative of winter on Winter is that the days stay light.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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