Physicians’ views of the use of morphine in palliative care: a cross-sectional survey from a tertiary care centre in Northern Sri Lanka
There is a great need for training for physicians on morphine prescribing in palliative care in Northern Sri Lanka. Major reasons for not prescribing morphine among physicians were lack of confident or not familiar with palliative care, shortage of drugs, patient refusal and relative refusal.
Authors
- Balasingam Nisahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-515X)
- Nadarajah Rajeshkannan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9045-3369)
- S. Navaratnam
- S. Raviraj
Institutions
- Wentworth Institute of Technology (US)
- Jaffna Teaching Hospital (LK)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Research Notes
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07247-7
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00