Assessment of pain control in cancer patients during the last week of life: Comparison of health centre wards and a hospice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 428-434

  Hinkka, Heikki ^a,b   Kosunen, Elise ^b   Kellokumpu Lehtinen, Pirkko ^b,c   Lammi, Ulla Kaija ^b  

^a Kangasala Health Centre   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug costs; NSAIDs; Opioids; Pain measurement; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034849535     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200100245     Document Type: Article

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