The use of narcotic analgesics in terminal illness
To answer some of the questions surrounding the medicinal use of narcotic analgesics in advanced cancer, a group of 500 patients admitted to St Christopher's Hospice was reviewed. To achieve and maintain pain relief many of the patients received diamorphine (heroin) regularly every four hours....
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1975
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1975, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-17 |
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