Cancer pain terminology: Time to develop a taxonomy that promotes good clinical practice and allows research to progress

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-427

  Bennett, Michael I ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAXONOMY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ANALGESIA; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952101698     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.01.013     Document Type: Editorial

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