Critical care is provided for patients who are suffering from life-threatening conditions. The doctors who work with these people are often called intensivists. They focus on a range of different issues, so they can serve people who need immediate and life-saving care. Since people who need critical care are suffering from such a wide variety of issues, intensivists must have a thorough understanding of diverse types of medical issues and the devices and medications needed to treat them.

Hospice (Palliative) care patients are those are suffering from a terminal illness. Instead of trying to treat the problem in the hopes that it will go away, the aim of palliative care is to enhance the patients’ quality of life and offer treatments that reduce pain and psychological difficulties. This kind of treatment can begin at any stage in an illness or disease, and it often includes psychiatry and pain and stress-reduction techniques.