Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
"Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life.
| Descriptor ID |
D064946
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.350 N02.421.533.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospice Nursing- Hospice Nursing
- Hospice Nursings
- Nursing, Hospice
- Nursings, Hospice
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Protocol for a Noninferiority Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Home-Based Palliative Care (HomePal). J Palliat Med. 2019 09; 22(S1):20-33.