Abstract
Sadly, the terminal stage could be defined as beginning at the moment when a clinician says, ‘There is nothing more to be done’ and begins to withdraw from contact with the patient. To say this, as Smithers has pointed out, ‘is inexcusable and seldom if ever true’1. Patients and their families are well aware when this happens and their feelings of isolation add to the total experience of pain.
‘The last act crowns the play’, (Francis Quarles)
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Saunders, C. (1981). Current views on pain relief and terminal care. In: Swerdlow, M. (eds) The Therapy of Pain. Current Status of Modern Therapy, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9879-3_9
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