Palliative care is a concept proposed in Canada since the 1970s, influenced by the concept of hospice care, which provides holistic care to dying people. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that "Palliative care is a life-threateningdiseaseFacing the(a) patientand itsfamilyagainst, from the time of diagnosis to the end of life, and evengriefby providing spiritual and psychosocial support, freeing them from pain and symptoms, even forQuality of Life (QOL)and is defined as "the improvement of thediseaseThe concept of palliative care is that it is provided in parallel with treatment from the early stages of the illness, and that it becomes more important as the patient reaches the end of life. Palliative care is a care that does not hasten or delay death, but rather supports the patient to actively live their life until the end of their life, and provides a post bereavement care program that is designed to help the patient to live a life of peace and happiness.family(at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusionlivingadaptationalso tries to support it.
Palliative care depends on its mode of delivery: institutional palliative care centered in hospitals and wards, and(a) patientPalliative care at home is classified as palliative care provided in the home of the patient. Institutional palliative care may be provided in a specialized palliative care unit that has been approved for reimbursement, or it may be provided by a palliative care team of specialists while in a general hospital or hospital bed.

References
1) World Health Organization (WHO): Palliative care,http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/en/
(2) Japan Hospice and Palliative Care Association, a non-profit organization: WHO (World Health Organization) definition of palliative care (2002) http://www.hpcj.org/what/definition.html <2011.5.19.＞
(3) Shizue Suzuki, Atsuko Uchifu (eds.): Palliative and Terminal Care Nursing Theory, Nouvelle Hirokawa, 2005.