Palliative Quotes

There s a lot that's being done to improve good palliative care. People are getting certified in pain management, there's more communication in communities and more awareness that most people don't have to die in pain. - Leslie Francis

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death. - Sabastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

I was fortunate to have contact with a palliative nurse who was recovering from hip replacement surgery and would be available to me 24/7... I relied heavily on her, and she got me through it. Then after that I thought, there's something wrong with the system. - Gary Fish

Grace is a palliative care and continuing complex care hospital blessed with a dedicated and close-knit staff. The staff see themselves as being intrinsic to the quality of care that each patient receives. - Glenn Yaffee

Death is always unfair because we think we'll beat it in some way and that's probably not healthy. I spent many years working as a palliative-care nurse in the States, and the families that coped the best afterward were the ones that were able to talk. - Darcy Nichols

Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative. - Duc De Levis