Research note - Prescribing diamorphine for medical conditions: A very british practice

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 441-449

  Gossop, Michael ^a   Keaney, Francis ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AWARENESS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LABOR; LARYNGITIS; LAW; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3042808677     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260403400209     Document Type: Review

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