Cecil's Textbook of Medicine: Care of Dying Patients and their Families: Talking with Dying Patients

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CECIL

TEXT BOOK of MEDICINE

Section I Social and Ethical Issues in Medicine

3 CARE OF DYING PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
	TALKING WITH DYING PATIENTS
		Pain and Symptom Control: Is the Patient Comfortable?
		Shared Decision Making: Is the Patient Well Informed, and Has an Individualized Plan of Care Been Developed?
		Psychosocial and Spiritual Support of the Patient and Family
		Alternatives to the Acute Care Hospital: Where Does the Patient Prefer to Receive Care?
	PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE
	STRAINS AND REWARDS IN END-OF-LIFE CARE