Barriers to effective cancer pain management: a survey of hospitalized cancer patients in Australia.

The purpose of this study was to examine attitudinal barriers to effective pain management in a consecutively recruited cohort of 114 cancer patients from four Australian hospitals. When surveyed, 48% of this sample reported experiencing pain within the previous 24 hours. Of these, 56% reported this...

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Published in:Journal of Pain & Symptom Management Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 393 - 406
Main Authors: Yates PM, Edwards HE, Nash RE, Walsh AM, Fentiman BJ, Skerman HM, McDowell JK, Najman JM, Yates, Patsy M, Edwards, Helen E, Nash, Robyn E, Walsh, Anne M, Fentiman, Belinda J, Skerman, Helen M, Najman, Jake M
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. May2002
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