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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Animal models, 35, 246, 249, 254, 260 Anorexia and cachexia, 34, 35, 45, 108, 234, 237, 244, 248–251, 265 see also Weight loss clinical trials, 250, 251, 267 drug treatment, general, 249–250 dyspnea, 254 patient/family education, 133 physicians’ perceptions of, 46 Anxiety, 3, 5, 10, 30, 48, 108, 109–110, 184, 216–217, 233, 236, 237, 244, 255, 259, 259–261 caregivers, 133, 135, 204, 215, 223, 240 clinical practice guidelines, 21, 22, 200, 203, 204, 208, 209–214, 218, 221, 222–229 (passim) clinical trials, 234 drug treatment, 110, 216, 255, 259–261 families, general, 133, 135, 204, 215, 223, 240 gender factors, 109–110 pain and, 106, 222, 223–225, 236–237, 238 patient/family education, 133, 135, 204 physicians, 46 Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life, ix, 4, 12, 16, 40, 41, 203, 290 Association of American Medical Colleges, 279, 280–281 Association of Community Cancer Centers, 137 Attitudes see also Anxiety; Depression; Grief and bereavement African Americans, 154–156, 158 family satisfaction, 123 nurses, 300 toward pain, 106, 222, 223–225, 236–237 , 238 patient beliefs about survival possibilities, 135, 237, 241 patient satisfaction, 24, 25, 38, 67, 97, 115, 117–118, 119, 124, 150 professionals, 46, 137, 221, 266, 288–289 , 290, 291 public opinion, 36, 41, 42, 106, 114, 140, 207 African Americans, 155–156, 158 Autopsies, 92 B Behavioral interventions, 83, 234, 236, 246–247 , 258 hypnosis, 246–247 Bereavement, see Grief and bereavement Black persons, see African Americans Breast cancer, 78, 81, 84, 103, 185, 237, 248, 285–286 depression, 109 elderly women, 84 patient/family education, 140, 143 Breathing difficulty, see Dyspnea Bowel obstruction, 35, 224, 257, 258 C Cachexia, see Anorexia and cachexia Cancer Care Consortium, 202 Cancer Care, Inc., 142–143, 145, 147 Cancer Care Issues in the United States: Quality of Care, Quality of Life, 40, 42–43 Cancer Facts sheets, 139 Cancer Information Service, 139, 141 Cancer Pain Management, 242 Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, 48 Cannabis, see Dronabinol Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 156, 240–241 do-not-resuscitate orders, 38–39, 111, 112, 155, 189, 192, 241–242 Caring for the Patient with Cancer at Home, 28, 139 Case management, 20, 177–178, 183, 185–186 , 301 see also Clinical practice guidelines; Coordination of care; Referral to care; Social workers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 63, 89 Chemotherapy, 19, 236, 237, 248 decisionmaking, 19, 111, 112, 113, 124 dyspnea, 252 nausea and vomiting, 257–258 patient decisionmaking, 111, 112, 113, 124 patient/family education, 141 physicians’ perceptions of, 47
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