comfort care


Palliative and supportive treatment for patients who are suffering from a terminal illness—e.g., AIDS, cancer—or who have refused life-sustaining treatment; CC is aimed at relieving symptoms, enhancing the quality of remaining life, and easing the dying process

comfort care

Terminal care Palliative and supportive treatment for Pts who are suffering from a terminal illness–eg AIDS, cancer, or who have refused life-sustaining treatment; CC is aimed at relieving symptoms, enhancing the quality of remaining life, and easing the dying process. See DNR, Euthanasia, Hospice, Initiative 119, Kevorkian, Palliative therapy, Physician-assisted suicide.