End-of-life care is focused on providing comfort and support to patients who are facing a life-limiting illness.

Anxiety is not a common symptom of end-of-life care, although it can be a symptom of the underlying illness.

Palliative care is focused on providing comfort and support to patients who are facing a life-limiting illness, while hospice care is focused on providing emotional and spiritual support to patients who are expected to die within six months.

The patient's family plays an important role in end-of-life care by providing emotional support, helping the patient make decisions about their care, and providing physical care.

Providing end-of-life care can be challenging due to the need to communicate with the patient and their family about their prognosis, manage the patient's pain and other symptoms, and provide emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their family.

Providing end-of-life care can help the patient to live more comfortably, die with dignity, and help the patient's family to cope with their grief.

End-of-life care raises a number of ethical issues, including the right to die, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to pain relief.

End-of-life care raises a number of legal issues, including the right to make decisions about one's own care, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to pain relief.

There are a number of resources available to help patients and families cope with end-of-life care, including hospice care, palliative care, and bereavement counseling.

Patients and families can prepare for end-of-life care by talking to their doctor about their prognosis, making a living will, and choosing a healthcare proxy.

Healthcare professionals can provide better end-of-life care by communicating with patients and families about their prognosis, managing the patient's pain and other symptoms, and providing emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their family.

Policymakers can improve end-of-life care by increasing funding for hospice care and palliative care, educating healthcare professionals about end-of-life care, and supporting research on end-of-life care.

The public can improve end-of-life care by talking to their loved ones about their wishes for end-of-life care, making a living will, and choosing a healthcare proxy.

Healthcare professionals face a number of challenges in providing end-of-life care, including communicating with patients and families about their prognosis, managing the patient's pain and other symptoms, and providing emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their family.

Healthcare professionals can improve their communication with patients and families about end-of-life care by using clear and simple language, being honest and direct, and being patient and answering questions.