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Symptom
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Status
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Source
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Further Development
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Overall end-of-life care
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NCCN Practice Guidelines (pending) (NCCN, 2001)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Pilot testing; modify for end-of-life care
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Doctor-patient communication
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NCCN Practice Guidelines: breaking bad news (pending) (NCCN, 2001)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Pilot testing; modify for end-of-life care
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Distress
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NCCN Practice Guidelines: ambulatory care
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Algorithm for recognition and referral; modify for end-of-life care
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Definition— Psychosocial, existential or spiritual (NCCN, 1999)
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Delirium
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APA Practice Guidelines: physically healthy (APA, 2000)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Modify for medically ill and end-of-life care
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NCCN Practice Guidelines: ambulatory care (NCCN, 1999)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Modify for end-of-life care; pilot test
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Depressive disorders
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APA Practice Guidelines: physically healthy (APA, 2000)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Modify for end-of-life care
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NCCN Practice Guidelines: ambulatory care (NCCN, 1999)
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Evidence, consensus, or combination
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Modify for end-of-life care; pilot test
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