Four areas of life-limiting conditions9
| Areas | Examples of conditions |
|---|---|
| 1. Life-threatening conditions for which curative treatment may be feasible but can fail | Cancer |
| Cardiac anomalies | |
| Irreversible organ failure | |
| 2. Conditions that may entail long periods of intensive treatment aimed at prolonging life and allowing participation in normal activities, although premature death is still possible or inevitable | Cystic fibrosis |
| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | |
| HIV/AIDS | |
| 3. Progressive conditions without curative treatments, where intervention is exclusively palliative, although it may continue for many years | Batten disease |
| Mucopolysaccharidosis | |
| Creutzfelt Jacob disease | |
| 4. Conditions associated with severe neurological disability that are not progressive but can entail weakness and susceptibility to health complications leading to premature death | Brain or spinal cord injuries |