Prescribing at Times of Clinical Transition in Chronic Or Progressive Diseases

The goals of all clinical care are based on optimizing a person's comfort and function in physical, emotional, existential, sexual and social domains. Chronic, progressive illnesses generate specific challenges as systemic deterioration shifts the benefit–toxicity balance for the treatment of s...

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Main Authors: David C. Currow, Timothy H.M. To, Amy P. Abernethy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2009-03-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959809700146