临终关怀

Traditional form:

臨終關懷

Pinyin (reading):

línzhōngguānhuái

Definitions:

• end-of-life care; hospice care; palliative care

Characters:

• 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 终 - end; finally, in the end
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 怀 - bosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom

Traditional characters:

• 臨 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 終 - end; finally, in the end
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 懷 - bosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom