This week is palliative care week. Check out the following resources for further reading (Courtesy of Dr. Goche):
- Withholding Nutrition at the End of Life - Cleveland Clinic
- This is a great article on the ethics and legality of withholding nutrition at the end of life and the evidence behind why it may be beneficial at the end of life to withhold nutrition.
- Delirium in Advanced Cancer Patients - Palliative Medicine 2004
- This article discusses the precipitants, preventative approaches and treatment options for delirium in advanced cancer patients.
- Do Opioids Precipitate Death? Canadian Family Physician 2010
- This is a thought provoking article on how to kill symptoms without killing the patient.
- Discussing Do Not Resuscitate - Journal of Clinical Oncology 2001
- This article is an excellent article on how to approach a DNR discussion
- A request for non-disclosure: Don't tell mother
- This is an excellent article discussing the ethical dilemma's around non-disclosure, when families ask that their loved one not be told that they have a terminal illness. This article talks about how to approach these situations practically as physicians.
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