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Terminal illness

Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured, or adequately treated, and typically results in the death of the patient. This term is usually used for progressive diseases such as cancer, rather than fatal injury. In popular use, it indicates a disease that will progress until death with near absolute certainty, regardless of…

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Definition

Communicating terminal status

Management

Refusal of nutrition and hydration

Medical care

Psychological impact

Death

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Terminal illness

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples44
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Terminal illness

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related to Further reading · 7
Terminal illness → Atul Gawande, Last Days, Letting Go, Life, Living, Marie Curie, National Cancer Institute
related to Management · 7
Terminal illness → By, However, Others, Patients, People, Some, Still
has impact · 6
Terminal illness → Coping, For, Insomnia, Patients, People, Terminal
related to Definition · 5
Terminal illness → Accurately, Although, For, The, US
related to Doctor–patient relationships · 5
Terminal illness → Doctor, However, In, There, While

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patients may terminal care patient death palliative often also disease family treatment hospice life illness medical many ill patient's terminally

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cancerinstance ofThis term is usually used for progressive diseases0.80text
rather than fatal injuryinstance ofThis term is usually used for progressive diseases0.80text
radical dietary modificationsinstance ofStill others reject conventional medical treatment and pursue unproven treatments0.80text
paininstance ofif it seems likely to help manage symptoms0.80text
improve quality of lifeinstance ofif it seems likely to help manage symptoms0.80text
the American Medical Students Associationinstance ofOther groups0.80text
the American Public Health Associationinstance ofOther groups0.80text
the American Medical Women's Associationinstance ofOther groups0.80text
and more support PAS as an act of compassion for the suffering patient.In many casesinstance ofOther groups0.80text
the argument on PAS is also tied to proper palliative careinstance ofOther groups0.80text
depressioninstance ofTerminal illness can also lend patients to become more prone to psychological illness0.80text
anxiety disordersinstance ofTerminal illness can also lend patients to become more prone to psychological illness0.80text

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