Exploring physician decisions about end-of-life opiate prescribing: A qualitative study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 567-572

  Zerzan, Judy ^a   Lee, Courtney A ^a   Haverhals, Leah M ^b   Nowels, Carolyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OPIATE ALKALOIDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79957513505     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0505     Document Type: Article

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