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Communication and Professionalism
An 84-year-old man with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer is in the hospital receiving comfort-focused care; he has a do-not-resuscitate order and has chosen hospice. Over the past day he has become severely short of breath and anxious. Temperature is 37.4°C (99.3°F), pulse is 108/min, respirations are 34/min, and blood pressure is 118/70 mm Hg. Oxygen saturation is 93% on 2 L/min of oxygen by nasal cannula. He is using accessory muscles and says he feels he is suffocating. His wife worries that morphine "will make him die sooner." Which of the following is the most appropriate management?