The treatment of chronic cancer pain in a cancer hospital in the Netherlands

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 333-350

  De Wit, Rianne ^a,b,c   Van Dam, Frits ^a   Vielvoye Kerkmeer, Ans ^a   Mattern, Carlien ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Cancer pain; Pain control; Pain treatment; Quality of pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NICOMORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RELAXATION TRAINING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032913007     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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