Palliative care: Good legal defense

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-302

  Lee, K Francis ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COURT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SKILL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 17044363531     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2004.11.007     Document Type: Review

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