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Essay Archive - Assumptions And Principles Underlying Standards For Care of The Terminally Ill
Assumptions And Principles Underlying Standards For Care of The Terminally Ill
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
m....
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