Comfort care

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001933",
  "term": "Comfort care",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Care given to people who are near the end of life and have stopped treatment to cure or control their disease. Comfort care includes physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support for patients and their families. The goal of comfort care is to control pain and other symptoms so the patient can be as comfortable as possible. Comfort care may include palliative care, supportive care, and hospice care. Also called end-of-life care.",
  "synonyms": [
    "end-of-life care"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/comfort-care/"
}