A Population-Based Survey on Perceptions of Opioid Treatment and Palliative Care Units: OPTIM Study

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-160

  Igarashi, Ayumi ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Akizuki, Nobuya ^d   Akiyama, Miki ^e   Shirahige, Yutaka ^f   Eguchi, Kenji ^g  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Shirahige Clinic   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

end of life care; general public; opioid treatments; palliative care unit; perceptions; sense of security

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893924863     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113481260     Document Type: Article

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