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. 2010 Sep-Dec;16(3):154–159. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.73645

Table 5.

Morphine

Question – Appropriate response Nursing N=18 Allied health N=48 Medical N=260 P value Total N=326
Causes death in all dying patients - No 12(66.7) 29(60.4) 182(70) 0.417 223(67.8)
Improves quality of life -Yes 5(27.8) 29(60.4) 181(69.6) 0.001 215(66)
Relieves all kinds of pain - No 2(11.1) 13(27.1) 62(23.8) 0.389 77(23.6)
Relieves breathlessness in heart failure -Yes 6(33.3) 22(45.8) 73(28.1) 0.049 101(31)

Figures in parenthesis are in percentage