RT Book, Section A1 Rabow, Michael W. A1 Pantilat, Steven Z. A1 Shah, Ann Cai A1 Poree, Lawrence A1 Steiger, Scott A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. SR Print(0) ID 1165944769 T1 Pain at the End of Life T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260455281 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1165944769 RD 2022/05/25 AB Pain is what many people say they fear most about dying, and pain at the end of life is consistently undertreated. Up to 75% of patients dying of cancer, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AIDS, or other diseases experience pain. In the United States, the Joint Commission includes pain management standards in its reviews of health care organizations and, in 2018, it began mandating that each hospital have a designated leader in pain management.