Chapter 6 130 Medication and treatment ☐ Are there any other painkillers for me? ☐ How do the medications that I am taking work? ☐ What are the side effects of the medications I am taking? ☐ What are the chances that I will experience side effects? ☐ What can be done about side effects? ☐ How and when should I take my medication? ☐ If I am taking morphine (or a morphine-like medication), can I: o become addicted, so it doesn’t work anymore or I need more and more of it? o stop taking it when my pain is gone? o get sleepy or confused? o drive a car? o become nauseous or constipated (difficult or no bowel movement)? ☐ What does treatment of the disease do to my quality of life? ☐ What are the options if I decide against further treatment of the disease (for example, if I stop chemotherapy)? Last phase of life ☐ Can I get information about the last weeks of life? ☐ Can I get information about palliative sedation or euthanasia? ☐ How do I manage food and fluids during illness or end of life? ☐ Can I get information about the care options in the last phase of life? ☐ What are the costs of care (for example, home care/hospice)? Personal questions: ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ☐ …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ☐ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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