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Modules:
Introduction
1. Advance Care Planning
2. Communicating Bad News
3. Whole Patient Assessment
4. Pain Management
5. Assisted Suicide Debate
6. Anxiety, Delirium
7. Goals of Care
8. Sudden Illness
9. Medical Futility
10. Common Symptoms
11. Withholding Treatment
12. Last Hours of Living
13. Cultural Issues
14. Religion, Spirituality
15. Legal Issues
16. Social and Psychological
More About:
Hospice Care
Clergy and Faith Communities
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Why is the Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety, Delirium, and Depression Important?
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Anxiety, confusion (part of delirium), and depression are 3 common and serious symptoms that occur in patients nearing the end of their lives
- Their symptoms may cause intense mental, emotional, and physical suffering in patients facing the end of their lives
- Anxiety, delirium, and depression may also cause considerable disability in this population
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All 3 are under-recognized and under-treated
- Major depression is underdiagnosed and undertreated in 2 out of 3 patients
- Recognition and management of both anxiety and delirium are also poor, so physicians must remain alert to the development of all of these conditions
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As approaches to their assessment and management are widely known, all 3 symptoms can be pursued by any physician
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Detection and appropriate treatment can make it possible for patients and families to experience the kind of personal growth that is possible and complete their life closure together
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