ABSTRACT

This chapter includes:

Pain

Nausea and vomiting

Intestinal obstruction

Breathlessness

Cough

Haemoptysis

Respiratory tract secretions

Spinal cord compression

Superior vena cava obstruction

Hypercalcaemia

Management of the last days of life

Terminal restlessness and agitation

Use of steroids

Miscellaneous problems

Indications for the use of a syringe driver in palliative care.