I walk into the patient’s hospital room during evening rounds. He looks pale and tired, having recently completed a round of chemotherapy for his stage IV pancreatic cancer. His wife is at the bedside, scared and concerned about her husband’s rapid decline. I sit down to discuss goals of care when the patient immediately says,
Palliative and hospice care in hospitals and clinics: the good, the bad, and the ugly originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
