UR Medical Timeout EP11: When Comfort Care Is Intensive Care: Intensive Symptom Management at the End of Life

12/04/2024 22 min Episodio 13
UR Medical Timeout EP11: When Comfort Care Is Intensive Care: Intensive Symptom Management at the End of Life

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In this episode, we wrap up our series on symptom management by highlighting the need for frequent monitoring and potentially aggressive medication management when people are hours or days from dying. We cover the ethics of using intensive measures, including the Principle of Double Effect, and discuss why such measures can make the difference between a "good" death and a bad death.

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