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1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Example (1)
4. Is he really having pain?
5. Acute pain
6. Chronic pain
7. The brief pain inventory
8. Refractory pain: could it be something else?
9. Example (2)
10. Psychological distress
11. Delirium assessment / diagnosis
12. Neurotoxicity or delirium?
13. Opioid neurotoxicity or delirium
14. Example (3)
15. Existential concerns
16. Spiritual distress
17. Example (4)
18. Chemical coping
19. Clinician barriers
20. Patients minimize pain
21. Family and patient barriers (1)
22. Family and patient barriers (2)
23. Quality care at end of life: patient's perspective
24. Which agents are best?
25. Fentanyl patch
26. Methadone half-life
27. Palliative sedation for refractory distress
28. Support for palliative sedation
29. Legal support
30. Physician responsibility
31. Nursing responsibility
32. Pharmacist responsibility
33. Palliative sedation
34. Thank you
35. Resources

Topics Covered

• Pain manifestations and functional pain assessments
• Sources of distress other than pain that patients call "pain"
• Clinician, patient, and family barriers to controlling pain
• Pain at the end of life
• The role of palliative sedation to unconsciousness for refractory distress

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Series:

• Cancer Pain Management

Categories:

• Cancer
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology
• Oncology

Talk Citation

Abrahm, J. (2009, February 23). The patient with pain: a palliative care approach [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/NJVJ6560.
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Publication History

• Published on February 23, 2009

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Janet Abrahm has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.