Compact clinical guide to cancer pain management
Subtitle: an evidence-based approach for nurses
By: Pamela Stitzlein Davies, Yvonne M. D'Arcy
Contributors: D'Arcy, Yvonne M.
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826109736; 9780826109743
Subjects: Evidence-Based Nursing; Palliative Care; Nursing; Pain Management; Neoplasms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The problem of cancer pain; title: Assessing pain in patients with cancer; title: Non-opioid medications; title: Opioid medications; title: Co-analgesic medications; title: Management of medication side effects; title: Complementary techniques for pain relief; title: Regional techniques; title: Implanted techniques; title: Palliative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery for pain control; title: Effect of opioid polymorphisms; title: Differences in opioid dependency, addiction, and tolerance; title: Developing a comprehensive treatment plan; title: Cancer pain emergencies; title: Neuropathic pain; title: Myofascial pain; title: Chronic pain in the cancer survivor; title: Palliative & hospice care; title: End of life care; title: Psychosocial aspects of cancer pain.