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Show Reflections, May 10, 1984, Page 11 The March 2, 1984 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association contains an editorial and report devoted to the care of patients with severe chronic pain and terminal illness." regard this report and editorial as landmarks in the I care of terminally ill patients because they con- front the past? failures of cine in caring for such patients in terms of their pain. They also precise give f ; guidelines and encouragement for improving care in the future. As the report indicates, as well as recent articles from many other sources, the care of terminally ill patients in terms of pain has been less than ideal. Such patients all too often have been forced to be responsible for their pain relief by calling for medicine which has been ordered on an as needed" (PRN) basis. This puts the burden on the patient to anticipate the pain and then to try to ensure it gets relieved by finding a nurse in the hope she or he will respond quickly with adequate relief. Experts say this process should be reversed. Rather than relieve pain once it occurs, health care providers should be dedicated to making sure it never occurs in the first place. This would require a very thorough evaluation of the pain and precise prescriptions for adequate prevention. In practice, it usually would mean providing medication regularly in potent enough doses so that pain would never be experienced. Unfortunately, many persons in the health care profession as well as members of the general public have raised the unnecesary flag of worry concerning addiction from the use of potent pain medicines in treating terminally ill patients. Although it is true such persons may indeed develop a physical dependence on such medicines, it would be entirely both medically and inappropriate to label such a problem as socially addiciton," meaning the compulsive and criminal use of drugs. Obviously, that is not the case in terminally ill patients who have both a legitimate social and medical reason for using potent pain medicines. We must throw out the word "addiciton when it comes to the terminally ill. Periods of DEPRESSION strike all of us - problems at work or home, death of a friend or family member, etc. Dr. Johnson discusses the various types of depression, and their treatments in his informative, concise booklet. To order your copy, send $2 plus a long, envelope to DEPRESSION, P. 0. Box 48, Norwood, N.J. 07648. Make check payable to Newspaper-books- . d (C) 1984 BY TRIBUNE COMPANY SYNDICATE momentary dry spell in studio release patterns gives movie goers a chance to catch their breath before the summer deluge hits. The listings are approximate and subject to change but the promise is great and subject to exhilaration. The Olympic Onslaught (July 13) is going to make for one of the earliest summer movie seasons ever with heavy saturation in June and early July and several postponements labelled "Do Not Open Til Christmas." Leading this trend and the for perhaps the entire year will be Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (May 23). Once again, Lucas produces, Spielberg helms, and Ford stars with Kate Capshaw displacing Karen Allen in what is actually a prequal to box-offic- e Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Others among the relatively few return engagements are Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (June 1), sending the Starshp Enterprise back into orbit; Co nan, The Destroyer (July 6), sending Arnold Schwarzenegger back into battle; and Cannonball Run II, sending the speedsters back onto our nations high- ways. Walter Hills rock and roll fable" Streets of Fire hits the pavement on June 1. On June 8, Beat Street breaks out and Steven Spielberg and Joe Dantes Gremlins invade. Sergio James 25 Mitt 26 Adoreeof old films 27 Colonial transportation Coming Distractions Leones gangster epic Once Upon Time In America, headlining Niro, erupts in early June. showers 19 Central line 20 Ms. Bayes 21 Dress style 22 School mark 23 Thaw 24 Film actor 30 Chemical compound 31 Game official 32 Pipe joint 33 Skin tumor 34 Had a session 35 Childs game Chip Phillips Spring is here and the slight, ACROSS Robe of office S Angered 9 Having a pleasing taste 14 Month of 1 Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson go to bat with Stick (August 1), Tightrope and The Evil That Men Do (August), respectively. The Last Starfighter (June 26) takes to the stratosphere, Supergirl (July) takes to the skies and Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle (August) takes to the wilds while The Muppets Take Manhattan" (July 13) hard-hitter- s (mid-summe- Which brings us to those films geared toward the funny bone. The creators of Airplane return with their WWII espionage spoof Top Secret (June 8), Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, and Harold Ramis clobber specers in (June 6), and Eddie Murphy and Dudley Moore take arms for Best Defense (July 20). Other chucklers include The Pope Of Greenwich Village with Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts and Daryl Hannah, The Karate Kid featuring Ralph Maccio, and Rhinestone teaming Dolly Parton and Sly Stallone, all on June 22; Bachelor Party (June 29) starring Tom Hanks Ghost-buster- s Not to mention those quirky sleepers, beloved reissues, imported beaudoozies. Grab your ties and drive-ipopcorn and enjoy! 54 55 56 58 59 61 Majors of TV USSR sea Stream: abbr. 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