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- Title:
- Influence of transition points and crises on decision-making in symptom management
- Description:
- This session discusses how to deal with transition points and crises, both in terms of initial management options and how these options can be explained and discussed with patients approaching the end of life and their relatives and carers. The ways in which these transition points and crises influence decision-making in symptom management are explored. This session was reviewed by Ros Henderson and Sarah Hanrott and last updated in September 2023.
- Hierarchy:
- End of Life Care (e-ELCA) > e-ELCA 04: Symptom management, comfort and wellbeing > 04_01 Principles > Influence of transition points and crises on decision-making in symptom management
- Author(s):
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Dee Traue
- Created:
- 15 Jan 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 26 Sep 2023
- Keywords:
- 215-0405, transition, symptom, trajectory, prognosis, acute, infection, SVCO, hypercalcaemia, venous thrombo-embolism, VTE, spinal cord compression, quality of life, deterioration, communication
- Quicklink:
- 215-0405
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- Title:
- Influence of transition points and crises on decision-making in symptom management
- Description:
- This session discusses how to deal with transition points and crises, both in terms of initial management options and how these options can be explained and discussed with patients approaching the end of life and their relatives and carers. The ways in which these transition points and crises influence decision-making in symptom management are explored. This session was reviewed by Ros Henderson and Sarah Hanrott and last updated in September 2023.
- Hierarchy:
- End of Life Care (e-ELCA) > e-ELCA 04: Symptom management, comfort and wellbeing > 04_01 Principles > Influence of transition points and crises on decision-making in symptom management
- Author(s):
-
Dee Traue
- Created:
- 15 Jan 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 26 Sep 2023
- Keywords:
- 215-0405, transition, symptom, trajectory, prognosis, acute, infection, SVCO, hypercalcaemia, venous thrombo-embolism, VTE, spinal cord compression, quality of life, deterioration, communication
- Quicklink:
- 215-0405