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Page 72
... drugs , it was always possible to control pain in terminal cancer.173 , 174 Exton - Smith found the greater difficulty was to control the pain in the elderly patients who were crippled by arthritis and similar disorders . These patients ...
... drugs , it was always possible to control pain in terminal cancer.173 , 174 Exton - Smith found the greater difficulty was to control the pain in the elderly patients who were crippled by arthritis and similar disorders . These patients ...
Page 112
... drugs are produced and a few prove to have some advantage over their predecessors . This book is no place to debate in detail the choice and use of the most effective drugs for relieving pain or any other symptom . Such information can ...
... drugs are produced and a few prove to have some advantage over their predecessors . This book is no place to debate in detail the choice and use of the most effective drugs for relieving pain or any other symptom . Such information can ...
Page 113
... drugs derived from opium , usually morphine or heroin . There is normally a reluctance to prescribe these drugs because , although they have no equal in controlling pain , they are drugs of addiction . Increasing doses are needed to ...
... drugs derived from opium , usually morphine or heroin . There is normally a reluctance to prescribe these drugs because , although they have no equal in controlling pain , they are drugs of addiction . Increasing doses are needed to ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Fear of Death and Dying | 21 |
Death No More | 33 |
Copyright | |
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