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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
Bibliography: leaves 101-108.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12579 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 Els, Rene Power, H M Palliative Medicine 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. 2015-03-04T19:28:40Z 2015-03-04T19:28:40Z 2004 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12579 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Palliative Medicine Els, Rene 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 |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| topic | Palliative Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12579 |
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