D ame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement in the 1960s, coined the
term ''total pain,''which embodied the notion that pain, endured by those facing a life-limiting …

Chemical dependency in patients at the end of life raises complex clinical challenges.
Particularly alarming is the sharp increase in controlled prescription drug abuse in the …

A 24-year-old woman was hospitalized following intentional drug overdose. Serious medical
complications marked a prolonged hospitalization. She was discharged to long-term care …

The spectrum of substance use disorders (SUDs) is characterized by increasing degrees of
craving, compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite harm (see Fast Fact# …

Background The spectrum of substance use disorders (SUDs) is characterized by increasing
degrees of craving, compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite harm (see …

Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than death itself. Physicians have long given thought
to the comfort of those who are dying and palliative care is an old art of medicine. Recently …

Health spending has increased in most countries in recent decades, both in real terms and
as a percentage of Gross National Product (GNP). Indeed, even those countries, such as …

Perry G Fine, MD, completed medical school in 1981 at the Medical College of Virginia in
Richmond (VA, USA). He served an internship in 1982 at the Community Hospital of …

The present day palliative medicine owns its roots to hospice of the 1960s and 1970s
pioneered by St Christopher's Hospice in London founded by Dame Cecily Saunders. 1 …

There is a growing awareness that palliative care as defined by the WHO (2004) is
applicable as a practice to many more fields than had previously been recognized. Services …