West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 61 – Palliative Care
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 61 - Palliative Care
- Bureau: means the Bureau for Public Health in the department. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
- Interdisciplinary team: means a care team comprised of medical and nonmedical disciplines with specialty training or certification in palliative care and may include volunteers and lay workers. See West Virginia Code 16-61-2
- Palliative care: means an interdisciplinary team-based model of care process designed to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients and families facing serious, though not necessarily terminal, illness. See West Virginia Code 16-61-2
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10