A survey of antidepressant prescribing in the terminally ill

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Friedman, Trevor ^b   Rudd, Nicky ^a  

^a Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Depression; Neoplasms; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUPENTIXOL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DEPRESSION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0032973464     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699676753309     Document Type: Article

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