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Assumptions And Principles Underlying Standards For Care Of The Terminally Ill
Introduction
There is agreement that patients with life-threatening illnesses, including
progressive malignancies, need appropriate therapy and treatment throughout the
course of illness. At one stage, therapy is directed toward assessment and
intervention in order to control and/or to cure such illness and alleviate
associated symptoms. For some persons, however, the time comes when cure and
remission are beyond current medical expertise. It is then that the intervention
must shift to what is now often termed "palliative treatment," which is designed
to control pain in t ....
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