Named Groups

Terminally Ill

Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations, and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, 1994, p780)

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations, and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, 1994, p780)

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1 entry terms
  • Ill, Terminally

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

the terminal patient himself; care of the terminal patient = TERMINAL CARE

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History Note

97

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Previous Indexing

  • Terminal Care (1966-1996)

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  1. M01w.873

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Terminally Ill. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019452. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019452
  2. Terminally Ill. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57950921