Converse of object

• provide: Opened in 1992 the hospice is now acknowledged as providing the highest quality specialist palliative and support care in North Hampshire.

• offer: At best, 'after the event ' redistribution through benefit policy, for example, offers palliatives rather than cures.

• use: Whilst as district nurses we use the word palliative, many patients are unaware of its meaning.

Adjective modifier

• temporary: Too many deprived areas have had too many temporary palliatives.

• short-term: Philip Shaw Discussion of this question, with suggestions for longer-term remedies and short-term palliatives.

• short: Defense procurement can not be a short term palliative to the dole queue.

Modifies a noun

• care: Palliative care is sadly lacking for patients with COPD.

• Care: Palliative Care Our palliative care aims to maintain and where possible, improve quality of life for patients and their families.

• care.: Ferrell B. ( 2002 ) ' An overview of palliative nursing care. ' American Journal of Nursing, 102; 5: 26-31.

• radiotherapy: I arranged for [ Mr T ] to have further palliative radiotherapy to the painful area of his spine.

• chemotherapy: Palliative chemotherapy can be used in advanced cases where the tumor is causing pain.

• gastrectomy: The aims of palliative gastrectomy are often to enable oral food intake, stop bleeding or relieve pain.

Modifying Another Word

• only: Many common, chronic diseases have therapies that are at best only palliative.

• not: This is not palliative care that takes away the pain of living, a safe haven from life's storm and stress.

Noun used with modifier

• specialist: Grove House Provides specialist palliative care on a daily basis to all people affected by cancer or a life threatening illness.

• community: Thomas K, 2001b, The Gold Standard Framework Project in community palliative care, Handbook for practices, London, McMillan Cancer Relief.

• term: Defense procurement can not be a short term palliative to the dole queue.

• NHS: It was the second NHS palliative care hospice in the country.

Possessives

• group: The mean age of the ' palliative ' group was 75.8 years ( 41 individuals ).