title: Morphine infusions at the end of life: the pitfalls in reasoning from anecdote.
authors.affiliation: Pain and Palliative Care Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Portenoy
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D034723:Double Effect Principle; D036262:Empirical Research; D004989:Ethics; D005065:Euthanasia; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D033182:Intention; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013727:Terminal Care
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009020:Morphine