Table of Contents

Part I. Hidden Concerns, Unasked Questions
1. Early Days
2. Helping Patients Accept Opioid Pain Medication
3. Approaching the End
Part II. Pain Control and Symptom Management
4. Assessing the Patient in Pain
5. Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Pain
6. Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Pain and Symptom Management
7. Managing Other Distressing Problems
8. The Last Days….and the Bereaved