Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. The goal of supportive care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of a disease, side effects caused by treatment of a disease, and psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to a disease or its treatment. Also called c...
Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's comfort and quality of life. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
interventions that help the patient achieve comfort but do not affect the course of a disease. Called also palliative care or treatment.
See palliative care.
See palliative care.
Supportive care: Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's comfort and quality of life.
Treatment given to alleviate the symptoms caused by cancer or treatment.