CONSENSUS REPORT 889 ''My life is meaningless.'' ''I feel useless.'' Abandonment by God or others Lack of love, loneliness Not being remembered No sense of Relatedness ''God has abandoned me.'' ''No one comes by anymore.'' Anger at God or others Displaces anger toward religious representatives Inability to forgive ''Why would God take my child. .. it's not fair.'' Concerns about relationship with deity Desires closeness to God, deepening relationship ''I want to have a deeper relationship with God.'' Conflicted or challenged belief systems Verbalizes inner conflicts or questions about beliefs or faith Conflicts between religious beliefs and recommended treatments Questions moral or ethical implications of therapeutic regimen Expresses concern with life=death or belief system ''I am not sure if God is with me anymore.'' Despair=Hopelessness Hopelessness about future health, life Despair as absolute hopelessness No hope for value in life ''Life is being cut short.'' ''There is nothing left for me to live for.'' Grief=loss The feeling and process associated with the loss of a person, health, relationship ''I miss my loved one so much.'' ''I wish I could run again.'' Guilt=shame Feeling that one has done something wrong or evil Feeling that one is bad or evil ''I do not deserve to die pain-free.'' Reconciliation Need for forgiveness or reconciliation from self or others ''I need to be forgiven for what I did.'' ''I would like my wife to forgive me.'' Isolation Separated from religious community or other ''Since moving to the assisted living I am not able to go to my church anymore.'' Religious-specific Ritual needs Unable to perform usual religious practices ''I just can't pray anymore.'' Religious=spiritual struggle Loss of faith or meaning Religious or spiritual beliefs or community not helping with coping ''What if all that I believe is not true.'' 894 PUCHALSKI ET AL.
Clinicians should screen for pain at each encounter. Recurrent disease, second malignancy, or late-onset treatment effects in any patient who reports new-onset pain should be evaluated, treated, and monitored. Clinicians should determine the need for other health professionals to provide comprehensive pain management care in patients with complex needs. Systemic nonopioid analgesics and adjuvant analgesics may be prescribed to relieve chronic pain and/or to improve function. Clinicians may prescribe a trial of opioids in carefully selected patients with cancer who do not respond to more conservative management and who continue to experience distress or functional impairment. Risks of adverse effects of opioids should be assessed. Clinicians should clearly understand terminology such as tolerance, dependence, abuse, and addiction as it relates to the use of opioids and should incorporate universal precautions to minimize abuse, addiction, and adverse consequences. Additional information is available at www.asco.org/chronic-pain-guideline and www.asco.org/guidelineswiki.
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