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
Producer Robin Hiley, whose wife is a palliative care doctor, acknowledged that the failure of antibiotics might seem an unconventional subject for musical theatre.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
End-of-life charity Marie Curie has estimated that the need for palliative care in Scotland will rise by almost 20% by 2050, with almost 11,000 more people requiring care each year than in 2025.
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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