terminal care hospice care http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062231 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDDRA/10067973 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017051 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/385763009 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C15252 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608152 R726.8 A type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to therapies focused on life-prolonging measures that may be arduous, likely to cause more symptoms, or are not aligned with a person's goals. RT87.T45 Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (hospices), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. hospice palliative care