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How to use the word palliative in a Sentence?

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Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. manufactures and markets Supprelin® LA for the treatment of children with central precocious puberty (CPP), vantas®, indicated for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer, was discontinued due to manufacturing issues and has not been a promoted product for more than five years.

Heather Zoumas Lubeski

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it gets up my partner, Lesley Braithwaite nose more than it does mine because when someone stares at me, if I look at them, they look away, whereas she can see people staring for much longer before Ive noticed. It doesnt really bother me though, it just makes me feel like how David Beckham must feel. If its good enough for David Beckham, its good enough for me. i first discovered them about two years ago, when my treatment options were reduced to palliative chemotherapy.

David Beckham

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Somebody that requires palliative nursing care is when there is no treatment options left. Trying to make someone as comfortable as possible. We want to add to their lives rather than think of it as the ending.

Jo Polkey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction for Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that Great Ormond Street Hospital may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie to die with dignity.

Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It is with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction for Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that Great Ormond Street Hospital may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie Gard via AP -RRB- to die with dignity.

Justice Nicholas Francis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It is with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction for Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that Great Ormond Street Hospitalhave may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie Gard to die with dignity.

Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Much of the aid efforts are palliative and don't help Syrians to lay the foundations for a future Syria where people can live peacefully side by side.

Rebecca Crozier

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I often describe palliative care as an extra layer of support, who would n’t want more support, especially during a difficult illness ?

Anthony Caprio

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These ` nothing left to do ’ conversations often frame palliative care as a way to help people die comfortably, rather than an approach to care that allows them to live with the highest quality of life for as long as possible.

Anthony Caprio

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Palliative care isn't about giving up. It's about choosing how you want to live before you die, this little girl has chosen how she wants to live.

Chris Feudtner

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Palliative care that is systematically engaged indicates resources that have been invested in this innovation, the regions representing the least expansive growth in palliative care are regions that struggle the most in health disparities, obesity and comorbidities.

Joy Goldsmith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Considerable data now demonstrates that when patients receive palliative care in addition to traditional medical care, they have improved quality of life, greater satisfaction with their medical care, are less likely to be re-admitted to the hospital or have to visit an emergency department, and in certain diseases( i.e. cancer) have greater survival.

Sean Morrison

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To get into hospice you have to acknowledge that a cure isn't possible but any treatment that is palliative in nature is fair game.

Jon Radulovic

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Our coalition continues to oppose this deeply flawed legislation because of the dangers it poses to those living with disabilities or in vulnerable circumstances, particularly in a state as ethnically and economically diverse as California, assisted suicide is inherently dangerous to those who are expensive to care for or who lack access to proper medical care, and rather than open up that Pandora's box, we ought to be exploring how to expand hospice and palliative care to address the needs of those terminally ill.

Catherine Campisi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Assisted suicide is inherently dangerous to those who are expensive to care for or who lack access to proper medical care, and rather than open up that Pandora's box, we ought to be exploring how to expand hospice and palliative care to address the needs of those terminally ill.

Catherine Campisi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

. Dr. Scott Irwin, director of palliative care psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, who was not connected with the study, said the lesson isn't that hospice care is costing too much. Costs should naturally go up because more people are using hospice and using it earlier, which is a really good thing.

Scott Irwin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff -- it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

Peter De Vries

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

Peter De Vries

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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