The burden of pain of inpatients undergoing radiotherapy - Discrepancies in the ratings of physicians and nurses

Onkologie

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 431-435

  Budischewski, Kai M ^a,b,f   De La Fuente, Francisco ^c   Nierhoff, Corinna E E ^d   Mose, Stephan ^b,e  

^a Institut für Medizinische Psychologie   (Germany)

^b Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^c Thoraxklinik   (Germany)

^d Orthopädische Klinik   (Germany)

^e SCHWARZWALD BAAR KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pain, measurement; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERMANY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749327665     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095355     Document Type: Article

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