Responding to Suffering: Providing Options and Respecting Choice

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 797-800

  Berry, Zail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydration; intractable suffering; nutrition; Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking; VSED

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CODEINE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; LEVODOPA; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMIDYSTONIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DRINKING; DYSTONIA; EATING; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 70350561670     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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