Symptom relief in palliative care.
Palliative medicine in hospice is emerging as a growing discipline, committed to holistic and compassionate, comforting care for seriously ill patients. It is essential to include aggressive medical therapy for pain relief; even more important to the issue is that the patient be the central figure in decisions of care.
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D001842:Bone and Bones; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000188:drug therapy; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D009130:Muscle, Smooth; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010525:Peripheral Nerves; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy; D013035:Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy