Family reports of cancer pain, pain relief, and prescription access

Cancer Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Bucher, Julia A ^a   Trostle, Georgia Brown ^b   Moore, Michelle ^c  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lake City Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver; Home care; Hospice; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032978520     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1999.07207.x     Document Type: Article

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