title: Multidisciplinary care of the terminally ill patient.
abstract: This article discusses sedation, the assessment and management of physical symptoms, and symptom-assessment scales for the terminally ill patient. The evaluation of the ability of the family or community to care for a terminally ill patient in pain also is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Mahony
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D019452:Terminally Ill