Pain assessment tools in palliative care: An urgent need for consensus

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 895-903

  Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen ^a,b   Gibbins, J ^c   Haugen, D F ^b,d   Caraceni, A ^e   Loge, J H ^f   Kaasa, S ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Pain; Pain assessment; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 57149143854     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308095701     Document Type: Article

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