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Article categoriesRadiotherapy skin reactions: Information for clinicians
Guidance on managing the skin impact of radiotherapy
How to assess a patient in pain towards the end of life: Information for clinicians
An approach to assessing physical pain in palliative care
Constipation: Information for clinicians
How should I best manage constipation in a patient with advancing illness? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Hiccups: Information for clinicians
Aetiology and management in palliative care patients
Anticipatory Prescribing: Information for clinicians
How to prescribe symptom control medicines for people in the last days of life
Terminal Agitation: Information for clinicians
Confusion, restlessness and agitation are common distressing symptoms at the end of life and require careful physical assessment and management
Neuropathic pain: Information for clinicians
Diagnosis and treatment of nerve pain, and when to seek specialist advice
Nausea and vomiting: Information for clinicians
A pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment in the community
Deprescribing
Medications should be reviewed in the last months of life and many could be safely stopped
Abdominal pain in patients with cancer: Information for clinicians
How should I best assess abdominal pain in a patient with advancing cancer? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Secretions at the end of life: Information for clinicians
How should I treat noisy breathing at the end of life? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Breathlessness: Information for clinicians
Guidance on managing breathlessness whatever the cause