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End of Life Care: Context, Goals, and Challenges

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This chapter aims to tackle end of life issues for patients and their families. It will reflect on the process of disease to understand when “end of life” begins and what this stage entails. It will also address adjusting expectations and treatments, symptom management, and emotional and spiritual care at this stage of the disease. Care for end of life patients who are dying and their families will additionally be addressed, as well as the attention that healthcare professionals provide to patients and their families in consideration of different religious perspectives.

The medication doses proposed are ranges which are common to best practice in palliative care. Depending on the clinical situation, they may vary and practitioners should follow national protocols and guidelines as well as evidence from international literature

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