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16123011

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
This study aimed to determine factors associated with the prescription of morphine to terminal cancer patients suffering from severe pain. A phone survey was conducted among a sample of French GPs, neurologists and oncologists. Two short clinical cases described a terminally-ill patient with either a peritoneal carcinosis and intestinal occlusion, or a lung cancer, and in both cases suffering from severe pain. Overall, 917 agreed to participate among the 1,743 physicians contacted (global response rate 53%). About half of respondents did not support the prescription of morphine if the patient had an intestinal occlusion. Beliefs toward morphine, uneasiness with terminally-ill patients, age and female gender were independently associated with reluctance to prescribe morphine in presented cases. Specialised training has not completely remove reluctance toward morphine prescription in end-of-life care. Non-medical factors correlated to such reluctance, and especially gender, deserve more attention.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1769-6917
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
733-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Morphine prescription to terminal cancer patients suffering from severe pain: results of a French survey].
pubmed:affiliation
Observatoire régional de la santé Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, 23 rue Stanislas-Torrents, 13006 Marseille.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract