Care of the adult cancer patient at the end of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines
Gregory B. Crawford, Tomasz Dzierżanowski, Katherine Hauser, Philip Larkin, Ana Luque-Blanco, Irene Murphy, Christina M. Puchalski, Carla Ripamonti
Abstract
In palliative care (PC), the term ‘end of life’ (EoL) is commonly used but inconsistently defined.1 This European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) refers to EoL as care for people with advanced disease once they have reached a point of rapid physical decline, typically the last few weeks or months before an inevitable death as a natural result of a disease. This guideline will only consider the last weeks and days of life for the adult patient with advanced cancer.
Topics & Concepts
End-of-life careMedicineCancerClinical PracticeIntensive care medicineFamily medicinePalliative careNursingInternal medicinePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePalliative and Oncologic Care