End-of-Life and Hospice Care in Neurologic Diseases
Claudia Z. Chou,
Elyse A. Everett,
Jessica McFarlin
et al.
Abstract:The care of a patient with neurologic disease at end-of-life requires expertise in addressing advance care planning, hospice, symptom management, and caregiver support. Neurologists caring for patients with advanced neurologic disease often identify changes in disease trajectory, functional status, or goals of care that prompt discussions of advance care planning and hospice. Patients nearing end-of-life may develop symptoms such as dyspnea, secretions, delirium, pain, and seizures. Neurologists may be the pri… Show more
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