Palliative care of the terminally ill drug addict

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-431

  Kirsh, Kenneth ^a   Passik, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Addiction; Hospice; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEAMWORK; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33745308802     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900600705565     Document Type: Review

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