Pharmacologic pain management at the end of life.
Escalating pain is common in the final weeks of life, requiring skilled management to assist patients with a life-limiting illness. Using a cancer model, pharmacologic approaches to treat pain in the final weeks of life are reviewed.
Pamela Stitzlein Davies is and NP and Pain Research Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Pamela Stitzlein
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D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D059408:Pain Management; D013727:Terminal Care