Atype of comprehensive care for patients whose disease is not responsive to cure is

Palliative care is defined as the care responsible for patient's whose disease is unresponsive to treatment and is unable to be cured. Please note that this is different from hospice for many reasons. The most common one being in that while, it is usually a specialty for patients dying of untreateable or chronic illness, hospice care is focused almost solely on end of life care. Palliative will attempt to maintain comfort, but can and most will continue to try and prolong the life of someone in their care. 

Depression is lifelong, though you can get medication to with it. the difference between sadness and depression is that sadness lasts a little bit, depression last a long time and it goes on and off. people usually get depression through experiences they have been through, or genetics.