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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Terminally Ill
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermo Terminal
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doente Terminal
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Synonyms English:
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Ill, Terminally
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Tree Number:
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M01.873
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Definition English:
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Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations, and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, 1994, p780) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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the terminal patient himself; care of the terminal patient = TERMINAL CARE
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History Note English:
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97
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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33200
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Unique Identifier:
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D019452
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 LILACS
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