Area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of dying patients

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Fountain : a unique residential facility for people living with HIV/AIDS and experiencing problems with drug use.

Life at the end of life : finding words beyond words / Marcia Brennan ; illustrations by Lyn Smallwood.

Dying with comfort : family illness narratives and early palliative care / Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles [and others].

A question of choice : bioethical reflections on a spiritual response to the technological imperative / Pam McGrath.

Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth : 150 years of compassion and excellence supporting St. John's Hospice.

Ach gieb mir doch nur etwas Luft, Du hast der Luft so viel! : Palliativmedizin im frühen 19. Jahrhundert / Katharina Schilling.

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Palliative Care

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Images about Palliative Care

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Life at the end of life : finding words beyond words / Marcia Brennan ; illustrations by Lyn Smallwood.

Dying with comfort : family illness narratives and early palliative care / Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles [and others].

A question of choice : bioethical reflections on a spiritual response to the technological imperative / Pam McGrath.

Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth : 150 years of compassion and excellence supporting St. John's Hospice.

Ach gieb mir doch nur etwas Luft, Du hast der Luft so viel! : Palliativmedizin im frühen 19. Jahrhundert / Katharina Schilling.

Palliative Care

Images from the collections

Images about Palliative Care

Works from the collections

Life at the end of life : finding words beyond words / Marcia Brennan ; illustrations by Lyn Smallwood.

Dying with comfort : family illness narratives and early palliative care / Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles [and others].

A question of choice : bioethical reflections on a spiritual response to the technological imperative / Pam McGrath.

Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth : 150 years of compassion and excellence supporting St. John's Hospice.

Ach gieb mir doch nur etwas Luft, Du hast der Luft so viel! : Palliativmedizin im frühen 19. Jahrhundert / Katharina Schilling.

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