The Philosophy of Terminal Care

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In the concluding chapter of the textbook, entitled ‘The Philosophy of Terminal Care’, Cicely Saunders begins with a restatement of the concept of ‘total pain’, including a reply to one of its detractors. She also explains how, following a conversation with a patient, she ceased to use the expression ‘terminal patients’ in favour of ‘patients with terminal illnesses’. The chapter emphasizes the need to focus on patients wherever they happen to be. It includes short sections which detail the ‘essential elements in the management of terminal malignant disease’.

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