Palliative treatment refers to the completely active medical treatment and care for patients who are hopeless or unable to receive curative treatment. It can control pain and related symptoms, and pays attention to psychological, social and spiritual problems. Its purpose is for patients to get the best quality of life with family members. Palliative treatment can also be applied for early-stage cancer patients and combine palliative treatment with anti-tumor therapy.
According to the above definition, which one of the followings is not palliative treatment?
A patient was unable to turn over because of deterioration of his condition and old age. His body had bedsore and mold infection in his mouth. The nurse helped him take a bath, wiped his body and cleaned his mouth.