Good deaths, bad deaths: Older people's assessments of the risks and benefits of morphine and terminal sedation in end-of-life care

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-303

  Seymour, Jane E ^a   Bellamy, Gary ^a   Gott, Merryn ^a   Ahmedzai, Sam H ^a   Clark, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life care; Palliative care; Risk; Terminal sedation

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0036828081     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857021000016641     Document Type: Article

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