Compliance in administration of prescribed analgesics

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1177-1181

  Boer, C ^a   Treebus, A N ^b   Zuurmond, W W A ^a   De Lange, J J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesics; prescribing; Pain; postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIHYDROCODEINE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDATION;

EID: 0030727444     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.243-az0378.x     Document Type: Article

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