Palliative care is defined as the care responsible for patient's whose disease is unresponsive to treatment and is unable to be cured. Please note that this is different from hospice for many reasons. The most common one being in that while, it is usually a specialty for patients dying of untreateable or chronic illness, hospice care is focused almost solely on end of life care. Palliative will attempt to maintain comfort, but can and most will continue to try and prolong the life of someone in their care.
