Get-well card
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A get-well card is a greeting card
which is sent to someone when they are ill. Their use in the case of chronic illness is problematic because the patient may not be expected to recover but they may still offer comfort to the invalid.
Greeting card
A greeting card is an illustrated, folded card featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, they are also sent to convey thanks or express other feeling. Greeting cards,...
which is sent to someone when they are ill. Their use in the case of chronic illness is problematic because the patient may not be expected to recover but they may still offer comfort to the invalid.