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Please explain what does the term "comfort care only" mean in hospitals?
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No interventions: In most hospitals, it means keeping a patient comfortable and as free of pain as possible. Generally, there has been a mutual decision between the doctors and family/proxy that further medical treatment would be futile and not change the course of an illness. It can include or exclude any intervention that the decision makers feel comports with the patient's wishes if they could make decision.
Answered 5/20/2016
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