A qualitative evidence synthesis to explore healthcare professionals' experience of prescribing opioids to adults with chronic non-malignant pain

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Toye, Fran ^a   Seers, Kate ^b   Tierney, Stephanie ^b   Barker, Karen Louise ^c  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesic, opioid; Chronic pain; Meta ethnography; Qualitative evidence synthesis; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035138354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-017-0663-8     Document Type: Article

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