Palliative and hospice care in hospitals and clinics: the good, the bad, and the ugly
I walk into the patient’s hospital room during evening rounds. He looks pale and tired, having recently completed a round of chemotherapy for his stage IV pancreatic cancer. His wife is at the bedside, scared and concerned about her husband’s rapid decline. I sit down to discuss goals of care when the patient immediately says,
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Earl Stewart, Jr., MD & More News: Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Chemotherapy | General Medicine | Hospitals | Palliative | Palliative Care | Pancreas | Pancreatic Cancer