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Table 7-1. Palliative Care
Palliative
Care Is: |
Palliative
Care Is Not: |
Evidence-based medical
treatment |
Abandonment |
Vigorous care of pain and
symptoms throughout illness |
Euthanasia |
Care that patients want |
Hastening death |
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