• BMJ Support Palliat Care · Jun 2018

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    Opioid errors in inpatient palliative care services: a retrospective review.

    • Nicole Heneka, Tim Shaw, Debra Rowett, Samuel Lapkin, and Jane L Phillips.
    • School of Nursing, University of Notre Dame Australia, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.
    • BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Jun 1; 8 (2): 175-179.

    AbstractOpioids are a high-risk medicine frequently used to manage palliative patients' cancer-related pain and other symptoms. Despite the high volume of opioid use in inpatient palliative care services, and the potential for patient harm, few studies have focused on opioid errors in this population.© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

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