Disciplines and Occupations

Palliative Medicine

A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care and improving the quality of all areas of the patient's life.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Medicine, Palliative
  • Palliative Care Medicine
  • Medicine, Palliative Care

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty only; use PALLIATIVE CARE for care of patients

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History Note

2015; use PALLIATIVE CARE 1996-2014

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Previous Indexing

  • Palliative Care (1996-2014)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. H02w.403w.645

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NLM Classification

WB 310

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Palliative Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065126. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065126
  2. Palliative Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1718200