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Medicine that comforts what it cannot cure, dignity when the cure runs out.
means Treatment aimed at easing pain and symptoms rather than fixing the underlying disease.
from From Latin palliare, to cloak, from pallium, a cloak — care that drapes comfort over suffering, not a fix beneath.
Not giving upOften paired with curative treatment, not instead of it.
Quality over quantityGoal is living well, not merely longer.
Word cousinShares roots with pall, the cloth over coffins.