FP Essentials™
End-of-Life Care
#498 Edition | November 2020
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Foreword
Palliative Management of Symptoms at the End of Life
Serious Illness Progression, Prognostication, and Advance Care Planning
Hospice Care
Medical Aid in Dying
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In This Edition
- Identify bothersome symptoms that frequently occur at the end of life.
- Apply palliative treatments for common end-of-life symptoms.
- Compare the three typical trajectories of serious illness progression.
- Summarize a strategy to address advance care planning with patients.
- Describe which patients should be referred for hospice services.
- Explain why family physicians should be involved in referral of patients for hospice services and remain involved while patients receive these services.
- Discuss the concerns that most commonly lead to requests for medical aid in dying (MAID).
- Describe the legal status of MAID in your state and summarize eligibility requirements for participation in MAID.