Shall we be using cannabis for pain control?

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 248-250

  Kapur, Dilip ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; DIHYDROCODEINE; DRONABINOL; NABILONE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

AEROSOL; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242273816     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992603322731134     Document Type: Editorial

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