Senior Care Glossary Definition (English)
Extraordinary care Defined
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"Generally used to refer to medical treatments that, in the particular circumstances, impose undue physical or personal burdens on the patient or that are not likely to substantially improve the patientÂ’s condition but merely prolong his dying. Extraordinary care is considered ethically optional, rather than obligatory."
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