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JULY 8, 2024

Palliative Cancer Care Often Poses Ethical Dilemmas


Originally published by our sister publication Pharmacy Practice News

By Marcus A. Banks
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Karen Fancher, PharmD

Ethical dilemmas confront pharmacists routinely, particularly when the choice is between moving to palliative care or continuing with different medication strategies that are likely to fail. As part of an interactive session at the HOPA Annual Conference 2024, in Tampa, Fla., attendees discussed a patient case that exemplified this challenge.

Ethics are not part of the standard