Morphine use for at-home cancer patients in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Administration of morphine; Cancer pain; Home care; Palliative care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN;

EID: 5044221755     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.204.119     Document Type: Article

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