A retrospective review of strong opioid use in the last 6 days of life of patients with HIV/AIDS or cancer at the in-patients unit of St. Francis Hospice

Bibliography: leaves 101-108. === The study was prompted by nursing concern at St Francis Hospice that, in HIV-positive patients, the use of opioids for symptom-control may shorten life, while I felt that pain was not recognized and therefore analgesia was withheld until the HIV-positive patients we...

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Main Author:	Els, Rene
Other Authors:	Power, H M
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:	Palliative Medicine
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12579

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description	Bibliography: leaves 101-108. === The study was prompted by nursing concern at St Francis Hospice that, in HIV-positive patients, the use of opioids for symptom-control may shorten life, while I felt that pain was not recognized and therefore analgesia was withheld until the HIV-positive patients were close to their natural death. Objective: To compare pain control and sedation practices for terminally ill patients with HIV or cancer.
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title	A retrospective review of strong opioid use in the last 6 days of life of patients with HIV/AIDS or cancer at the in-patients unit of St. Francis Hospice
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A retrospective review of strong opioid use in the last 6 days of life of patients with HIV/AIDS or cancer at the in-patients unit of St. Francis Hospice

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