Dying Person's Guide to Dying

• Caregiving
• Cancer Pain
• Shortness of Breath
• Problems with Communication, Mental Confusion, and Seizures
• Getting "Respite" Care or Extra Help at Home
• How To Help During the Final Weeks of Life
• What To Do Before and After the Moment of Death

• Palliative care with emphasis on mouth care University of Ottawa, Canada, Institute for Palliative Care
• Medem on end of life care

1. Questions and Answers about Pain Control for cancer patients and their families, American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute
• Pain: What Is It?
• Nonprescription Pain Relievers Prescription Pain Relievers
• How To Relieve Pain Without Medicine
• Other Methods of Pain Relief
2. Pain and Symptom Management in Palliative Care University of South Florida's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Nonopioid (non-narcotic) Drugs
• Opioid (Narcotic) Drugs
• Tricyclic Antidepressants
• Corticosteroids
• Anticonvulsants
• Local Anesthetics
• Bisphosphonates
• Dyspnea
• Anorexia and Cachexia Syndrome
3. Cancer-Pain.org
1. What is cancer pain?
• Causes of cancer pain
• Quality of life issues
• What to tell your doctor
• Assessing cancer pain
2. Zero Acceptance of Pain documents
• Pain Assessment and Management Guide
• Patient Self-Assessment Form
• Patient Self-Report Journal
3. Caregivers' Guide
• What you should know
• What you should expect
• How you can help
• Caregivers online discussion
4. Cancer Pain Treatments
• First-line Pain Medications
• Pain medication delivery
• Adjuvant medications
• Breakthrough Pain
• The myth of addiction
• Radiation and chemotherapy
• Surgery and special procedures
• Alternative complementary methods
4. Pain University of Iowa nursing
5. Cancer pain National Cancer Institute PDQ®
• Patient Self-Report of Pain Severity
• Assessment of the Outcomes of Pain Management
• Acetaminophen (Tylenol® and NSAIDs)
• Opioids (Narcotics)
• Side Effects
• Adjuvant (helpful) Drugs
• Physical Interventions
• Psychosocial Interventions
• Anticancer Treatments
• Radiation Therapy
• Surgery
• Invasive Interventions
• Nerve Blocks
• Neurologic Interventions
• Management of Procedural Pain
• Treating the Elderly
• Relaxation Techniques

1. Cancer spread to bone English CancerBACUP
2. Breast cancer spread to bone IntelliHealth Harvard University Medical School
3. High blood calcium National Cancer Institute
4. Biphosphonates Bone Physiology, Dr. Susan Ott, University of Washington
5. Specific Biphosphonates
   1. Pamidronate (Aredia)
   • Pamidronate (Aredia) RxList
   • Pamidronate (Aredia) from Novartis, the manufacturer
   2. Alendronate (Fosamax) RxList
6. Calcitonin (Calcimar, Miacalcin, Osteocalcin), RxList
7. Strontium 89 Metastron University of Iowa Nursing

• Constipation, Impaction, and Bowel Blockage
• Delirium (Confusion)
• Depression
• Fever, Sweats and Hot Flashes
• Itching

• Guidelines on Things to Do For Cancer Patients Carol and Lee Law Cancer Lynx

Advance Directives: Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Partnership for Caring: America’s Voices for the Dying

• Signs and Symptoms of Approaching Death Cancer Resource Center

Loss, Grief and Bereavement

• Loss, Grief, and Bereavement National Cancer Institute
• Grief links Grief & Loss Resource Centre
• Kent, Ohio Counseling For Loss & Life Changes, Inc. including grief forum and chat rooms
• Journey of Hearts Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, bereavement specialist