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. 2017 Jan 24;9(2):11. doi: 10.3390/cancers9020011

Table 2.

End-of-life care terminology [55].

Dying The term “dying” refers to the terminal phase of life, where death is imminent and likely to occur within hours to days, or very occasionally, weeks.
End-of-life That part of life where a person is living with, and impaired by, an eventually fatal condition, even if the prognosis is ambiguous or unknown.