Physicians' self-assessment of cancer pain treatment skills - More training required

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2747-2753

  Silvoniemi, M ^a   Vasankari, T ^a   Vahlberg, T ^b   Vuorinen, E ^c   Clemens, K E ^d   Salminen, E ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Kotka Central Hospital   (Finland)

^d MediClin Robert Janker Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Pain management; Palliative care; Training

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84868444868     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1396-9     Document Type: Article

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