Unrestricted opiate administration for pain and suffering at the end of life: Knowledge and attitudes as barriers to care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 873-883

  Fineberg, Iris Cohen ^a   Wenger, Neil S ^a,b   Brown Saltzman, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; DRUG USE; DYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33747882189     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.873     Document Type: Review

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