Dr. Nancy Morrison and her dying patient: a case of medical necessity

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
• Esophageal Neoplasms / complications*
• Homicide / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Humans
• Hydromorphone / administration & dosage
• Male
• Medical Futility
• Nova Scotia
• Pain, Intractable / drug therapy*
• Pain, Intractable / etiology
• Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Terminal Care / legislation & jurisprudence*