Palliative care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 2582-2590+2629

  Morrison, R Sean ^a   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; HALOPERIDOL; LAXATIVE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; METHADONE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ULCER;

EID: 2942616393     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp035232     Document Type: Article

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