title: Pain management for dying patients. How to assess needs and provide pharmacologic relief.
abstract: Patients at the end of life need not have unrelieved pain. Thorough assessment and multidisciplinary treatment can provide comfort with a minimum of adverse effects. Patients and their families can be freed to accomplish their final goals, and the bereaved families can be spared the pain of memories of loved ones who suffered in their final days.
authors.affiliation: Pain and Palliative Care Program, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA. jabrahm@partners.org
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abrahm
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010166:Palliative Care; D013140:Spiritualism; D013727:Terminal Care
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid