Pain control with morphine: Evaluation of prescriptions for oral morphine for outpatients at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-376

  Nuessle, Sally ^a   Gray, Alan ^a   Lambert, Gordon ^a   Boyar, Avis ^a   Ba Hatheq, Ahmed ^a   Adloni, Soha ^a   Khayyal, Mala Al ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0029790062     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.371     Document Type: Article

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