'palliative' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that relieves a symptom or problem without curing the underlying cause. For example: "The doctor prescribed a palliative medication to ease her pain."
On the living-room table lies a palliative care pocket guide.
I would also co-locate palliative care clinicians with relevant departments such as oncology, geriatrics and general practice.
Related: I faced a difficult choice – become a GP or give up on a career in the NHS The GP who gives his home phone number to palliative care patients' families at weekends in case they need him.
This only works when your hangover is of the blearily, wearily, giddily euphoric kind – when you actively want to leave the house, rather than lying poleaxed in bed, trying not to puke – but, in those circumstances, this relatively light, easily digested combination of emollient fat and amino-acid-releasing carbs and protein, is the perfect palliative.
At best they are palliative and patronising, at worst they reinforce the victimhood of Africans and the saviour status of westerners.
A permanent fixture, everything is explained in it, from the basic principles of palliative care to its origin and evolution.
The palliative care unit has become a financial black hole.
Greens need to find the courage to say openly that reforming capitalism through conservation is merely palliative and only revolutionary change to power structures will deliver a sustainable planet.
Instead, we need longer GP training (extending from three to four years), with trainees focusing on key specialties that are needed in the community, such as dermatology, musculoskeletal medicine, palliative care and psychiatry.
Although Britain's palliative care services are among the best in the world, there is a large unmet need for services and very serious challenges ahead.
All people with advanced progressive incurable illnesses would receive palliative care, regardless of diagnosis or postcode.
