What do patients with advanced incurable cancer want from the management of their pain? A qualitative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-78

  Gibbins, Jane ^a   Bhatia, Rebecca ^b   Forbes, Karen ^b   Reid, Colette M ^b  

^a St Julia's Hospice Cornwall Hospice Care   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; Pain; pain management; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MELOXICAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890958166     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313486310     Document Type: Article

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