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Progress in Palliative Care
Science and the Art of Caring
Volume 18, 2010 - Issue 2
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The effect of the Shipman murders on clinician attitudes to prescribing opiates for dyspnoea in end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England

Merryn Gott School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;, [email protected]
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Clare Gardiner School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Neil Small School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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Sheila Payne Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
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David Seamark Primary Care Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, St Luke's Campus, Exeter, UK
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David Halpin Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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Charlotte Ruse School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;, [email protected]
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Sarah Barnes Section of Public Health, ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Pages 79-84 | Published online: 21 Dec 2015

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