Management of pain in elderly patients with cancer

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1877-1882

  Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Lapane, Kate ^b   Landi, Francesco ^a   Gatsonis, Constantine ^b   Dunlop, Robert ^c   Lipsitz, Lewis ^d   Steel, Knight ^e   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032540743     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.23.1877     Document Type: Article

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