Pain and pain alleviation in hospital-based home care: Demographic, biological and treatment factors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Heedman, Per Anders ^a   Strang, Peter ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ESAS; Neoplasm; Opioids; Pain; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BONE TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BONE NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037517004     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0398-4     Document Type: Article

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