What is Palliative Medicine, and How Do You Say It?

What is Palliative Medicine, and How Do You Say It?

First the undisputable: pal·li·a·tive ˈpalēˌātiv,ˈpalēətiv, Noun or Adjective. Next a proviso: Palliative Care is not the same as Hospice. (And a quick aside: Who actually is ‘Hospice’? Shocking to me when I found out, hospice is a [actually the only] Medicare benefit...