Abstract:Pain management is one of the major concerns for the terminal patient. The hospice care team is a highly trained group of health care providers in the area of symptom control, including pain management, for the dying patient. Anesthesia providers also specialize in pain control. The purposes of this study were to survey hospice patient care coordinators to gain an understanding of anesthesia practitioners' involvement with hospice patients, hospice patients' access to anesthesia pain management services, and h… Show more
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