Title: A physician's guide to pain and symptom management in cancer patients /
Authors: Abrahm, J.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Cancer Palliative treatment; Cancer pain; Neoplasms therapy; Pain prevention & control; Palliative Care methods
Contents: pt. I. Hidden concerns, unasked questions. Early days -- Helping patients accept opioid pain medication -- Approaching the end -- pt. II. Pain control and symptom management. Assessing the patient in pain -- Pharmacologic management of cancer pain -- Nonpharmacologic strategies for pain and symptom management -- Managing other distressing problems -- The last days ... and the bereaved.