Understanding long-term opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain in primary care: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McCrorie, Carolyn ^a   Closs, S José ^b   House, Allan ^a   Petty, Duncan ^c   Ziegler, Lucy ^a   Glidewell, Liz ^a   West, Robert ^a   Foy, Robbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84941614806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0335-5     Document Type: Article

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