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Medical or other health care whose sole or primary purpose is the comfort of the patient. In the Oregon plan, comfort care is defined to include health services which are diagnostic, curative, or focused on active treatment of the primary condition and intended to prolong life. Examples of comfort care include pain medication, hospice services, medical equipment and supplies (beds, wheelchairs, etc.), palliative services for symptom relief (e.g. radiation therapy).<\/p>\n

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Medical or other health care whose sole or primary purpose is the comfort of the patient. In the Oregon plan, comfort care is defined to include health services which are diagnostic, curative, or focused on active treatment of the primary condition and intended to prolong life. Examples of comfort care include pain medication, hospice services, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nComfort care - Definition of Comfort care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medical or other health care whose sole or primary purpose is the comfort of the patient. 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