Morphine prescription in end-of-life care and euthanasia: French home nurses' opinions

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Bendiane, Marc Karim ^a,b   Bouhnik, Anne Deborah ^a,b   Favre, Roger ^c   Galinier, Anne ^d   Obadia, Yolande ^a,b   Moatti, Jean Paul ^b,e   Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^d Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille Public Care in Marseille's Hospitals   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

End of life; Euthanasia; France; Morphine

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34047142551     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2007.0035     Document Type: Article

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