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Hospices MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Hospices
Tree Number(s)
N02.278.421.556.185
N02.421.143.550
Unique ID
D006738
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006738
Annotation
"palliative & supportive care to the dying patient & his family"; specify geog
Scope Note
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.
Previous Indexing
Hospitals, Special (1968-Jul 1977)
Public MeSH Note
80; was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL 1978-79
History Note
80(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL Aug 77-79
Date Established
1980/01/01
Date of Entry
1977/05/12
Revision Date
2015/06/29
Hospices Preferred
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