Purpose | Principles | How to Care for a Patient in Pain | Nutrition
Nausea and Vomiting | Constipation | Anxiety and Depression | Dyspnea
Fatigue | End-of-Life Decision-Making | Community Resources
How to Refer Patients | Communication | Links and References

Guidelines

• Be proactive
• Consider advance directives for hospitalized patients and early in a chronic illness
• When predicting prognosis, give a range of possibilities -- based on recent evidence -- not a specific date
• Determine a patient's "quality of life," which helps setting care goals
• Regularly re-discuss and evaluate health-care goals
• Participate in decision-making, treatment options and patient preferences
• Consider appropriate environment for the delivery of palliative care
• Discuss code status
• Facilitate care transition from treatment to comfort measures

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