Variation in pain medication use in end-of-life care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-504

  Zerzan, Judy ^a   Benton, Kathryn ^a   Linnebur, Sunny ^a   O'Bryant, Cindy ^a   Kutner, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LONG ACTING DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TERMINAL CARE;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MASSAGE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 77952855054     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0406     Document Type: Article

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