Attitudes and beliefs regarding the role of interventional pain management at the end-of-life among caregivers: A 4-year perspective

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Cahana, Alex ^a   Arigoni, Flavia ^a   Robert, Laurent ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer; End of life; Epidural; Intrathecal pumps; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER PAIN; CAREGIVER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOBILIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34250177904     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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