An Italian survey on the attitudes in treating breakthrough cancer pain in hospice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 979-983

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Villari, Patrizia ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breakthrough cancer pain; Hospices; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH CANCER PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 80051592426     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0919-5     Document Type: Article

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