Prescription patterns of analgesics in the last 3 months of life: A retrospective analysis of 10202 lung cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1704-1710

  Gao, W ^a   Gulliford, M ^b   Higginson, I J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesics; end of life; lung cancer; pain; palliative care; prescription

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SMOKING; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957613423     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.150     Document Type: Article

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