Physical care refers to one of the four (4) dimensions of care for individuals who are coping with dying. Physical care is designed to address bodily pain or other sources of corporeal distress, such as constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dehydration, loss of energy or appetite, shortness of breath, skin ulcers or bedsores, sleeplessness. The therapeutic interventions may involve carefully selected medications balanced to need and administered in appropriate ways, usually coupled with other modalities, such as positioning in bed or in a chair