Patterns of high‐dose morphine use in a home‐care hospice service

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Authors

Michaela Bercovitch · Israel Cancer Association

Abstract

The use of high and very high morphine doses at home proved safe and did not appear to affect the patients' life expectancy adversely. The use of high or very high-dose morphine should not be a barrier to providing palliative terminal care for home-care hospice patients.

Topics & Keywords

Pain Management and Opioid Use Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 101, Issue 6, pp. 1473-1477

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20485

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