Alternate Title

Pain control

Guide to pain control

Corporate Author

American Cancer Society

Edition

rev ed.

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society

Publication Date

2004

Physical Description

xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications

Pain - therapy

Palliative Care

Abstract

Understanding cancer pain

Coping with the emotional and social impact of cancer pain

Achieving effective pain control

Describing and measuring your pain

Pain relief through medication

Other medical aproaches to pain management

Complementary nondrug treatments

Managing side effects of opioids

Cancer pain in specific groups

ISBN

9780944235522

0944235522

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WL700 A5125 2004

Copies

Author

Davies, Pamela Stitzlein

D'Arcy, Yvonne M.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing

Publication Date

2013

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Compact clinical guide

Subjects

Neoplasms - nursing

Pain management

Evidence-Based Nursing

Palliative Care

Abstract

Contents:

Overview of cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Assessing pain in patients with cancer / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Using non-opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Co-analgesics for additive pain relief in cancer patients / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Management of side effects from pain medications / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques for managing cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Infusions and regional techniques / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Specialty blocks and implanted techniques for cancer pain management / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Palliative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery for pain control / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- The effect of opioid polymorphisms and other physiologic factors on treating cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Opioid addiction, dependency, and tolerance in patients with cancer / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Developing a comprehensive plan of care and prescribing safely / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Cancer pain emergencies / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Neuropathic pain / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Myofascial pain / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Chronic pain in the cancer survivor / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Palliative care and hospice : care when there is no cure / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Pain management at the end of life / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Psychosocial aspects of cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy.

ISBN

9780826109736

082610973X

9780826109743

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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