title: Symptom management in palliative care: optimizing drug treatment.
abstract: This article provides an approach to symptom management and highlights how good prescribing is one of the essential skills required for the provision of optimal holistic palliative care.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilcock
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Twycross
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011364:Professional Practice; D011787:Quality of Health Care