• J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2006

    End-of-life care: questions and answers.

    • National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health.
    • J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2006 Jan 1; 20 (1): 57-9.

    AbstractWhen cancer is not curable, the focus of care shifts from cure to care. Patients and family members then have many questions about end-of-life care. The following information provided by the National Cancer Institute addresses life expectancy, when caregivers should ask for help, how caregivers can be attentive to patients' emotional needs, signs of dying and death, what to do after death, and where additional resources on end-of-life care can be found.

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