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

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Public Health and Family Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Els, Rene

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Power, H M

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12579

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12579