title: Recognizing dying in terminal illness.
abstract: Recognizing dying in terminally ill patients is a complex clinical skill. This article outlines the approach to the decision, common difficulties encountered in patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease, and a simple approach to considering the question 'Is this patient dying?'
authors.affiliation: Hull York Medical School, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D019452:Terminally Ill