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Letters |15 March 1998

Improving Palliative Care

Diane E. Meier, MD; R. Sean Morrison, MD; Christine K. Cassel, MD

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  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine; New York, NY 10029
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We agree with Dr. Fitzgerald's concerns about the hazards of medicalization of the dying process and the risk that important experiences and opportunities for patients and their loved ones may be compromised by an almost exclusive focus on end-of-life care as a series of medical problems requiring resolution [1]. To the contrary, the patient and family have the central roles in the process and do the major emotional, existential, and spiritual work of the last phase of life. Nevertheless, most dying patients have distressing physical and psychological symptoms [2, 3] that can be effectively alleviated by appropriate...
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Meier DE, Morrison RS, Cassel CK. Improving Palliative Care. Ann Intern Med. 1998;128:510. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-6-199803150-00031

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(6):510.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-6-199803150-00031

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