¹⁵ Relevant sessions at the Scientific Meeting of the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine in New Orleans (April 20-25, 1999): J. Tulsky and R. Frankel, "Decisions at the End of Life," and "Talking with Patients and Families at the End of Life"; C. von Gunten, "Management of Pulmonary and GI Symptoms at the End of Life"; J. Lynn et al., "Quality Improvement: End-of-Life Care" and "End-of-Life Care: Family and Patient Perspectives"; D. Weissman, "Teaching Palliative Care"; E. Cassem, "End-of-Life Care: Psychiatric and Spiritual Issues"; E. Bruera, "Assessment and Management of Pain"; and L. Kitchens et al., "End-of-Life Care: Cases to Learn From." [Return to Text]