 Hospices
"Hospices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Facilities or services which are especially devoted to providing palliative and supportive care to the patient with a terminal illness and to the patient's family.
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D006738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.421.556.185 N02.421.143.550
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hospices" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hospices" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospices" by people in Profiles.
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Garvie PA, He J, Wang J, D'Angelo LJ, Lyon ME. An exploratory survey of end-of-life attitudes, beliefs, and experiences of adolescents with HIV/AIDS and their families. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Sep; 44(3):373-85.e29.
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Baker JN, Harper J, Kane JR, Hicks J, Ward D, Hinds PS, Spunt SL. Implementation and evaluation of an automated patient death notification policy at a tertiary pediatric oncology referral center. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Nov; 42(5):652-6.
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