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GarcÃa-Toyos, N., Escudero-Carretero, M. J., Sanz-Amores, R., Hoyos, J. G., Melchor-
RodrÃguez, J., & Tamayo-Velázquez, M. (2014). Preferences of Caregivers and
Patients Regarding Opioid Analgesic Use in Terminal Care. Pain Medicine, 15 (4),
577-587. doi:10.1111/pme.12376
The research in this article wanted to identify the preferences of patients and caregivers
of opioid use. The researchers conducted a qualitative study by interviewing participants. The
study found that participants had misconceptions regarding opioid use for terminal illness such
as addiction, premature death as well as the uses for the medications. The study also found that
decisions were made mostly by reporting symptoms rather than before. The researchers
concluded that the participants were interested in receiving more information, so they could have
more participation in decision making. The participants stated they had a lack of information
about the effects of end of life medications.
This study proves to be informative to this writer’s query. The study concludes that
education can be useful prior to the need for symptom management. The study reinforces the
idea that early education about pain medications such as morphine, can assist patients and
caregivers to make informed decisions about comfort care, therefore leading to better quality of
life.

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