RT Book, Section A1 Lo, Bernard A1 Rubenfeld, Gordon A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Winker, Margaret A. A2 Rabow, Michael W. A2 Pantilat, Steven Z. A2 Markowitz, Amy J. SR Print(0) ID 6611887 T1 Palliative Sedation in Dying Patients: "We Turn to It When Everything Else Hasn't Worked" T2 Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 9780071637954 LK jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6611887 RD 2024/10/12 AB Mrs B, a 49-year-old woman with widely metastatic breast cancer, was admitted to a university hospital to control pain from bony metastases. She had been hospitalized twice during the previous 3 weeks for severe pain. At the time of her last discharge, 2 days prior, she and her husband had decided to pursue hospice care. At home, her pain worsened despite her outpatient regimen of celecoxib, amitriptyline, lorazepam, and very high doses of oxycodone hydrochloride and morphine sulfate, as well as ongoing radiation therapy that did not control the progression of her metastases. She therefore returned to the hospital.