title: Palliative care: origins, precedents and the history of a Christian approach.
authors.affiliation: Pastoral Care in Health, Diocese of Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesus Conde
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Herranz
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D002835:Christianity; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006738:Hospices / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States