palliative treatment

treatment /treat·ment/ (trēt´ment) management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder.

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active treatment  that directed immediately to the cure of the disease or injury.

causal treatment  treatment directed against the cause of a disease.

conservative treatment  that designed to avoid radical medical therapeutic measures or operative procedures.

empiric treatment  treatment by means which experience has proved to be beneficial.

expectant treatment  treatment directed toward relief of untoward symptoms, leaving cure of the disease to natural forces.

palliative treatment  treatment designed to relieve pain and distress with no attempt to cure.

preventive treatment , prophylactic treatment that in which the aim is to prevent the occurrence of the disease; prophylaxis.

rational treatment  that based upon knowledge of disease and the action of the remedies given.

shock treatment  obsolete term for electroconvulsive therapy.

specific treatment  treatment particularly adapted to the disease being treated.

supporting treatment , supportive treatment that which is mainly directed to sustaining the strength of the patient.

symptomatic treatment  expectant t.

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palliative treatment

n.

Treatment to alleviate symptoms without curing the disease.

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Palliative treatment

A type treatment that does not provide a cure, but eases the symptoms.

Mentioned in: Laparoscopy

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palliative treatment

[pal′ē·ətiv′]

Etymology: L, palliare, to cloak, tractare, to handle

therapy designed to relieve or reduce intensity of uncomfortable symptoms but not to produce a cure. Some kinds of palliative treatment are the use of narcotics to relieve pain in a patient with advanced cancer, the creation of a colostomy to bypass an inoperable obstructing lesion of the bowel, and the debridement of necrotic tissue in a patient with metastatic malignancy. Compare definitive treatment, expectant treatment.

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treatment

management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder.

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active treatment

treatment directed immediately to the cure of the disease or injury.

causal treatment

treatment directed against the cause of a disease.

conservative treatment

treatment designed to avoid radical medical therapeutic measures or operative procedures.

empirical treatment

treatment by means that experience has proved to be beneficial.

expectant treatment

treatment directed toward relief of untoward clinical signs, leaving the cure of the disease to natural forces.

palliative treatment

treatment that is designed to relieve pain and distress, but does not attempt a cure.

preventive treatment, prophylactic treatment

that in which the aim is to prevent the occurrence of the disease.

rational treatment

that based upon knowledge of disease and the action of the remedies given.

specific treatment

treatment particularly adapted to the special disease being treated.

supporting treatment

that which is mainly directed to sustaining the strength of the patient.