Pain and Suffering at the End of Life for Older Patients and Their Families

Betty R. Ferrell; Tami Borneman

Pain and Suffering at the End of Life for Older Patients and Their Families

Betty R. Ferrell, Tami Borneman

School of Nursing

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Abstract

While the emotional problems facing patients in pain and their families are significant, there is much to be done to ease suffering in terminal illness. Palliative care has demonstrated successful interventions to reduce the physical and emotional burdens of patients and families.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	12-17
Number of pages	6
Journal	Generations
Volume	23
Issue number	1
State	Published - Dec 1 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geriatrics and Gerontology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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