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Review
. 2015 May;31(2):155-75.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.01.006. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Symptom management in the older adult: 2015 update

Thomas J Smith  1
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Review

Symptom management in the older adult: 2015 update

Thomas J Smith. Clin Geriatr Med. 2015 May.

Abstract

This article updates the 2002 Jamie von Roenn article about "the palliation of commonly observed symptoms in older patients, including pain, neuropsychiatric, gastrointestinal, and respiratory symptoms." When palliative care was last covered in Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, President George W. Bush had just signed the No Child Left Behind Act, Homeland Security was being established, Michael Jackson won the Artist of the Century Award at the American Music Awards, and gas cost $1.61 a gallon. What has changed in the last decade and a half?

Keywords: Delirium; Depression; Nonpharmacologic management; Older adults; Pain management; Palliative care; Pharmacologic management.

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