Pain management at the end of life: Often a difficult call

Pain Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-82

  Dubois, Michel Y ^d   Fine, Perry G ^a   Fischberg, Daniel ^b   Ferrell, Betty ^d   Taylor, Mary Lou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CONTROL; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANXIETY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPICE CARE; NOTE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 23444434388     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2003.03009.x     Document Type: Article

References (1)

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