Abstract
Recognition and management of distress is an integral part of total health care. Whereas most physical symptoms can be fairly effectively ameliorated in palliative care, existential distress poses a distinct hurdle for many clinicians. When patients or their families express anguish, despair and dread, our clinical response must draw on a range of management skills, many of which constitute the most fundamental forms of good supportive medicine. This paper aims to equip the practitioner with a clinical approach to issues of distress.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-19 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Current Therapeutics |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2000 |