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Hospice


2. A hospice is a healthcare institution intended for providing medical, social, psychological, and legal assistance primarily to incurable cancer patients upon the recommendation of an oncologist with the aim of ensuring necessary pain-relieving therapy, providing medical-social assistance, care, psycho-social rehabilitation, as well as psychological and social support to family members.

Source: Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated 03.12.2009 No. 944n "On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Medical Care to Oncology Patients" (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on 15.12.2009 No. 15605)

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