Implementing practice change in chronic cancer pain management: Clinician response to a phase III study of ketamine

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 586-591

  Hardy, J R ^a   Spruyt, O ^b   Quinn, S J ^c   Devilee, L R ^d   Currow, D C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative ^*  (Australia)

^e Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ketamine; Palliative care; Practice change; Randomised controlled trial; Refractory cancer pain

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CULTURE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904623358     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12442     Document Type: Article

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