Sex Differences in the Adequacy of Pain Management Among Patients Referred to a Multidisciplinary Cancer Pain Clinic

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Donovan, Kristine A ^a   Taliaferro, Lindsay A ^a   Brock, Charles W ^b   Bazargan, Sadaf ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; Pain; pain management; sex differences

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549105143     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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