The EPCRC project to revise the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) guidelines on the use of opioids for cancer pain

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-390

  Caraceni, Augusto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959866194     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310395871     Document Type: Editorial

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