Involvement of an anaesthetic department in terminal therapy.
The goal of hospital treatment in terminal therapy must be a functional integration of all modes of care including psychosocial support. Anaesthesiologists who practise pain management and critical care medicine are predestined to care for terminally ill patients and their families. An anaesthetic department can assume superordinate responsibilities within the organization of a palliative network coordinating inpatient and outpatient arrangements.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency-Medicine and Intensive Care, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany. dbeck@gwdg.de
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