title: Symptom control in end-of-life care: pain, eating, acute illnesses, panic attacks, and aggressive care.
abstract: This feature is based on actual questions and answers adapted from a service provided by the Hospice Foundation of America. Queries addressing the propriety of managing acute medical conditions in patients enrolled in a terminal care program and the mistaken belief that death from cancer is always painful are provided. Questions included in this set address management of acute medical conditions during end-of-life care, the lack of inevitability of pain with cancer, nutrition in advanced disease, managing panic attacks, and appropriate care for a dying 90 year old gentleman.
authors.affiliation: Hospice Foundation of America, Malibu, CA, 90265-2233, USA. lamers@earthlink.net
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Lamers
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004435:Eating; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*