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*Status on a previous admission is relevant for the care team determining level of care for the present admission but only the determination for this admission is relevant.

**FINAL DEFINTION PENDING[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 14:58, 4 July 2008 (CDT)

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* Incorporated Laura's definition from Health Canada. However, will we code if only some of the aspects of palliative care (e.g. pain mgmt, but not emotional support) are provided? In the end, this is a coding guide, and the above makes is less clear when to code. The "when to code..." section should be updated to clarify which parts of definition are mandatory, or how to gather from chart. I suppose the main information is that the focus of care is for comfort rather than active treatment. LKolesar

Trish Here....

**the focus of care is the active treatment of "reversible" conditions for those patients whose underlying disease condition cannot be cured.

**Ok we need to continue work on this definition further. It is a given that emotional, spiritual, treatment of pain etc is part of any type of patient care...........[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:09, 21 July 2008 (CDT)

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 *Status on a previous admission is relevant for the care team determining level of care for the present admission but only the determination for this admission is relevant.
 **FINAL DEFINTION PENDING[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 14:58, 4 July 2008 (CDT)
+Further to unstub
+* Incorporated Laura's definition from Health Canada. However, will we code if only some of the aspects of palliative care (e.g. pain mgmt, but not emotional support) are provided? In the end, this is a coding guide, and the above makes is less clear when to code. The "when to code..." section should be updated to clarify which parts of definition are mandatory, or how to gather from chart. I suppose the main information is that the focus of care is for comfort rather than active treatment.  LKolesar
+ Trish Here....
+**the focus of care is the active treatment of "reversible" conditions for those patients whose underlying disease condition cannot be cured.
+**Ok we need to continue work on this definition further.     It is a given that emotional, spiritual, treatment of pain etc is part of any type of patient care...........[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:09, 21 July 2008 (CDT)
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