A 44-year-old woman with severe pain at the end of life

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1937-1945

  Foley, Kathleen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PIMOZIDE; PREDNISONE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033606239     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.20.1937     Document Type: Article

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