PART 1: Introduction to Clinical Medicine
9 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
 | Figure 9-1 Graph showing trends in the site of death in the last two decades.  , percentage of hospital inpatient deaths;  , percentage of decedents enrolled in a hospice. |
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 | Figure 9-2 Common and uncommon clinical courses in the last days of terminally ill patients. (Adapted from FD Ferris et al: Module 4: Palliative care, in Comprehensive Guide for the Care of Persons with HIV Disease. Toronto: Mt. Sinai Hospital and Casey Hospice, 1995, |
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