安宁病房或宁养中心是指进行安宁缓和医疗（临终关怀）的病房或医院，一般是针对癌症末期或绝症、治疗已不容易再见效的病者。安宁病房会减少无效医疗，主要专注在疼痛控制以及给予心理上、灵性上的治疗与照顾，主要目的在于提升病人在临终前的生活品质。

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. In Western society, the concept of hospice has been evolving in Europe since the 11th century. Then, and for centuries thereafter in Roman Catholic tradition, hospices were places of hospitality for the sick, wounded, or dying, as well as those for travelers and pilgrims. The modern concept of hospice includes palliative care for the incurably ill given in such institutions as hospitals or nursing homes, but also care provided to those who would rather spend their last months and days of life in their own homes. It began to emerge in the 17th century, but many of the foundational principles by which modern hospice services operate were pioneered in the 1950s by Dame Cicely Saunders.