Sentence examples for palliative measure from inspiring English sources

Outside critics have argued that microfinance is merely a palliative measure, which does nothing to bring about the large societal reforms necessary to reduce poverty — and even serves to preserve the status quo, by making the lives of the poor more tolerable.

The use of endoscopic dilation and a self-expandable stent for colorectal cancer (CRC) presenting with a stricture or obstruction, either prior to surgery or as a palliative measure (an alternative to colostomy), causes perforation with relative high incidence (1%-17%).

Inotropes also may be appropriate as a palliative measure in patients with truly end-stage heart failure.

The correlation suggests that the palliative measure worsened the lead poisoning, and Reiter blames the lead salts used to clean the wound as a likely culprit.

"Within the context of the earthquake, this is a palliative measure, but it's not going to generate development," said Victor Aguilar, a Salvadoran union leader.

But among patients who started out with good performance status -- those with terminal cancer who were able to go about their daily activities more or less normally, and for whom chemotherapy has been thought to be helpful as a palliative measure -- chemotherapy had a significant negative impact on quality of life.

No treatment or palliative measures are known.

Give psychological sustenance, not just palliative measures like relaxation training.

Finally, the necessary palliative measures should be established.

Many palliative measures such as symptom-controlling medications, good nursing care, communication and compassion, are inexpensive.

The government responded by swiftly arresting hundreds of protesters, and palliative measures followed.