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Terminal illness

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Definition

of

Terminal illness

from

Digitising Social Care Glossary, v0.0.3

Source

https://data.digitalsocialcare.co.uk/browser/dataset?id=49219

An illness or disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is reasonable expected to result in death

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Data descriptor

of

Terminal illness

from

ASC Collections Data Dictionary (Beta v1.3)

Source

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/social-care-collection-materials-2022

An illness or disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is reasonable expected to result in death

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