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#1 TREATING TERMINAL DELIRIUM
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#2 CONVERTING TO/FROM TRANSDERMAL FENTANYL

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#3 THE SYNDROME OF IMMINENT DEATH
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#4 DEATH PRONOUNCEMENT IN THE HOSPITAL
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#5 TREATMENT OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING
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#6 DELIVERING BAD NEWS (PART 1)
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#7 DEPRESSION IN ADVANCED CANCER
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#8 MORPHINE AND HASTENED DEATH
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#10 TUBE FEED OR NOT TUBE FEED
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#11 DELIVERING BAD NEWS (PART 2) TALKING TO PATIENTS AND PRECEPTING TRAINEES

#12 EIGHT MYTHS ABOUT ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
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#13 DETERMINING PROGNOSIS IN ADVANCED CANCER
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#14 PALLIATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY
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#15 CONSTIPATION—WHAT MAKES US GO

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#16 MODERATING A FAMILY CONFERENCE

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#17 PATIENT-CENTERED INTERVIEWING: UNDERSTANDING THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE

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#18 ORAL OPIOID DOSING INTERVALS
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#19 TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY
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#20 OPIOID DOSE ESCALATIONy
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#21 HOPE AND TRUTH-TELLING
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#22 WRITING A CONDOLENCE LETTER
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#23 DISCUSSING DNR ORDERS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING—PART 1
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#24 DISCUSSING DNR ORDERS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING—PART 2
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#25 OPIOIDS AND NAUSEA
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#26 THE EXPLANATORY MODEL

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#27 DYSPNEA AT END-OF-LIFE
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#28 SUBCUTANEOUS OPIOID INFUSIONS
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#29 RESPONDING TO PATIENT EMOTION
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#30 PROGNOSTICATION
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#31 CONFRONTING PERSONAL MORTALITY
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#32 GRIEF AND BEREAVMENT (PART 1)
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#33 VENTILATOR WITHDRAWAL PROTOCOL (PART 1)
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#34 VENTILATOR WITHDRAWAL: SYMPTOM CONTROL (PART 2)
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#35 VENTILATOR WITHDRAWAL: INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS/FAMILIES (PART 3)
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#36 CALCULATING OPIOID DOSE CONVERSIONS

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#37 PRURITIS
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#38 DISCUSSING HOSPICE
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#39 USING NALOXONE
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#40 PRESSURE ULCER MANAGEMENT: PREVENTION (PART 1)
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#41 PRESSURE ULCER MANAGEMENT: DEBRIDEMENT & DRESSINGS (PART 2)
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#42 BROACHING THE TOPIC OF A PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULTATION WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
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#43 IS IT GRIEF OR DEPRESSION?
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#44 CHANGING THE STATUS QUO-QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
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#45 MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
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#46 MALIGNANT WOUNDS
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#47 WHAT DO I TELL THE CHILDREN
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#48 CODING AND BILLING FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN PALLIATIVE CARE
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#49 NEURONTIN FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN
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#50 DISASTER: COPING WITH TRAGEDY
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#51 CHOOSING AN ORAL OPIOID COMBINATION PRODUCT
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#52 QUALITY OF LIFE
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#53 SUBLINGUAL MORPHINE
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#54 OPIOID INFUSIONS IN THE IMMINENTLY DYING PATIENT
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#55 DECISION MAKING CAPACITY
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#56 WHAT TO DO WHEN THE PATIENT REFUSES TREATMENT
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#57 NEUROEXCITATORY EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS: PATIENT ASSESSMENT
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#58 NEUROEXCITATORY EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS: TREATMENT
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#59 DEALING WITH ANGER
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#60 PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF DELIRIUM; UPDATE ON NEWER AGENTS
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#61 USE OF PSYCHO-STIMULANTS IN PALLIATIVE CARE
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#62 PREVENTING NEUROLOGIC DEFICITS: EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF EPIDURAL METASTASES
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#63 THE LEGAL LIABILITY OF UNDER-TREATMENT OF PAIN
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#64 INFORMING SIGNIFICANT OTHERS OF A PATIENT'S DEATH

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#65 ESTABLISHING END-OF-LIFE GOALS: THE LIVING WILL INTERVIEW

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#66 RADIATION FOR PALLIATION-PART 1

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#67 RADIATION FOR PALLIATION-PART 2

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#68 IS IT PAIN OR ADDICTION?

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#69 PSEUDOADDICTION

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#70 PRN RANGE ANALGESIC ORDERS

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#71 MEPERIDINE FOR PAIN: WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS?

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#72 OPIOID INFUSION TITRATION ORDERS

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#73 AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIST (ALS) MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE

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#74 ORAL OPIOID ORDERS-GOOD AND BAD EXAMPLES

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#75 METHADONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN

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#76 TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION OF DEATH-PART 1

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#77 TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION OF DEATH-PART 2

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#78 CULTURAL ASPECTS OF PAIN MANAGEMENT

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#79 DISCUSSING ORGAN DONATION WITH FAMILIES

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#80 OXYCONTIN

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#81 MANAGEMENT OF HICCUPS

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#82 MEDICARE HOSPICE BENEFIT: PART I ELIGIBILITY AND TREATMENT PLAN

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#83 WHY PATIENTS DO NOT TAKE THEIR OPIOIDS

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#84 SWALLOW STUDIES, TUBE FEEDING AND THE DEATH SPIRAL

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#85 EPIDURAL ANALGESIA

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#86 METHADONE: STARTING DOSING INFORMATION

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#87 MEDICARE HOSPICE BENEFIT PART II: PLACES OF CARE AND FUNDING

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#88 NIGHTMARES

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#89 PAIN MANAGEMENT IN NURSING HOMES: ANALGESIC PRESCRIBING TIPS

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#90 MEDICARE HOSPICE PART III: SPECIAL INTERVENTION

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#91 INTERVENTIONAL OPTIONS FOR MALIGNANT UPPER GI OBSTRUCTION

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#92 PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA IN PALLIATIVE CARE

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#93 CANNABINOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS IN CANCER AND AIDS

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#94 WRITING DISCHAREGE/OUTPATIENT OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS

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#95 OPIOID WITHDRAWAL

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#96 DIARRHEA IN PALLIATIVE CARE

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#97 BLOCKS OF THE SYMPATHETIC AXIS FOR VISCERAL PAIN

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#98 INTRATHECAL DRUG THERAPY FOR PAIN

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