Knowledge, beliefs, and concerns about opioids, palliative care, and homecare of advanced cancer patients: A nationwide survey in Japan

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 923-931

  Akiyama, Miki ^a   Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^c   Hirai, Kei ^d   Matoba, Motohiro ^e   Akizuki, Nobuya ^f   Shirahige, Yutaka ^g   Yamagishi, Akemi ^h   Eguchi, Kenji ⁱ  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g Shirahige Clinic   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Homecare; Knowledge; Opioids; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALGESIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863441245     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1161-5     Document Type: Review

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