"Palliative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D010166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
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| Concept/Terms |
Palliative Care- Palliative Care
- Care, Palliative
- Palliative Treatment
- Palliative Treatments
- Treatment, Palliative
- Treatments, Palliative
- Therapy, Palliative
- Palliative Therapy
|
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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