Under-diagnosis of pain by primary physicians and late referral to a palliative care team

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Akashi, Masako ^b   Yano, Eiji ^b   Aruga, Etsuko ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Concordance; Pain; Palliative care team; Primary physician; Referral

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHECKLIST; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONSULTATION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84861883677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-11-7     Document Type: Article

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