Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: Perspectives of oncologists

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Luckett, Tim ^a   Davidson, Patricia Mary ^a   Boyle, Frances ^a   Liauw, Winston ^a   Agar, Meera ^a   Green, Anna ^a   Lovell, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical oncology; Guideline; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN SURVEY; AWARENESS; CANCER PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ONCOLOGIST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SELF REPORT; ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901585391     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12040     Document Type: Article

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