On the Frontlines of Old Battles

Regardless of the breakneck speed with which our world changes these days, it has never been more true that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Two very interesting topics have surfaced recently in the newspapers—topics that should not even be issues based on our progress in recent years in treating cancer pain and pain at the end of life. Nevertheless, some things never seem to change, and incidents such as these leave us sadly shaking our heads.