Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 18
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No current medical intervention can manage every symptom or pain for terminally ill patients.
Conclusion
We have heard a lot of evidence around the importance of a “good death” for both the person managing their terminal diagnosis, and their loved ones. Suffering, pain and managing a terminal diagnosis will be a subjective experience, unique to the person experiencing them, and although there may be in the future, there is not currently a medical intervention available to manage every symptom or pain.
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