The use of crisis medication in the management of terminal haemorrhage due to incurable cancer: A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 691-700

  Harris, D G ^a   Finlay, I G ^b   Flowers, S ^c   Noble, S I R ^d  

^a Hamad Medical Coorporation Doha Qatar   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; cancer; crisis medicine; haemorrhage; palliative; terminal

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80054012073     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311401464     Document Type: Article

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