Just say yes: The use of opioids for managing pain at the end of life

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-259

  Pantilat, Steven Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HUMANS; NARCOTICS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0033210665     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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