The ladder and the clock: Cancer pain and public policy at the end of the twentieth century

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-54

  Meldrum, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; Cancer pain; history of pain management; WHO

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 12344313439     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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