palliative
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Beyond a certain age—75 or 80—spending should be on palliative care, he says, rather than costly interventions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate a 42-bed nursing facility in New York that gives free palliative care to poor people with cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
She has been in nursing for 23 years, working for the last 13 years as a palliative care specialist nurse, and before that as a district nurse.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Improving access to palliative care has been a common theme in the reaction to the bill's defeat.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
“He’ll have to take steroids to reduce the swelling in his brain and antiseizure medications. And I’d recommend palliative radiation. Do you know what that means?”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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