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Palliative care, as compared to curative care, is concerned with..."
Not an antonym, but I think it's what you're looking for.
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Thanks, I think you have the right approach - I am indeed looking for a comparative, not an opposite.
Thanks to all,
Tim
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> death as one part of the process of living
very well said, Padre.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Palliative care facilities are for the easing of a dieing person into death in as little pain as possible and in the most comfort possible.
There are several of these in Montreal, and most hospitals have wards/floors that are for palliative care only.
Did I misunderstand the posts above that make me think this is not a common thing outside of Québec?
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Did I misunderstand the posts above
It would seem so. None of the posts above indicate any unfamiliarity with the concept of palliative care. Instead, the thread starter was looking for a word to describe non-palliative care, which led into a discussion on whether he was really looking for an antonym. Even my small hometown has a hospice that will soon be marking 25 years of service.
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Thanks max. I misinterpreted the posts, I must admit.
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On a separate note, and yet related to your post max...I hadn't heard the word "hospice" in years. Though I know exactly what you mean, it is a word that has fallen out of use here. You'll only hear it from the lips of the quite older people of my Granny's generation.
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>old-fashioned words
I was thinking of you yesterday while reading a thread at languagehat on which language is the best for cursing. Someone offered this:
"And what of Québécois French? It is harsh, crude, beautifully anti-ecclesiastic and superbly poignant. To me, c'est de la poésie, crisse!"
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HA! That is SO Québécois. You made me laugh out loud max.
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> hospice hospice is a very common word here in Southern Canada, oh, I mean, Vermont... 
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>You made me laugh out loud max.
I have no idea what the phrase means, and I'm guessing that I don't really want to know, either.
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It’s not a very bad phrase max, mon chou.
It’s simply that you don’t expect the last part, the crude swearword “crisse” (Christ!!), adjacent to the mellifluous and honeyed tone of the beginning “C’est de la poésie” (It is poetry).
I wish you could hear me speak it. The humour in the juxtaposition would be very apparent.
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