| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Cancer and Its Pain; Part II: The Painkillers; Part III: Other Approaches and Concerns; NOTES; APPENDIX: Where To Find More Information; GLOSSARY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
On March 2, 1994, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (a division of the Public Health Service) made headlines by releasing new cancer pain management guidelines. That report revealed that pain is frequently undertreated, and that relief is not only possible for most patients, but actually aids in recovery. For many cancer victims, the agency's guidelines offered new hope; for Dr. Richard B. Patt and coauthor Susan S. Lang, it was a resounding vindication of the findings they set forth in You Don't Have to Suffer. Written by one of the country's leading cancer pain experts and scien |
| Analysis |
Humans Cancer |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-352) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer pain.
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Palliative treatment.
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Neoplasms -- complications
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Pain Management
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Palliative Care
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Palliative treatment
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Cancer pain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patt, Richard B
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| ISBN |
1423738594 |
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9781423738596 |
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1601299435 |
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9781601299437 |
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9780195084191 |
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0195084195 |
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9780195084184 |
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0195084187 |
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1280443634 |
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9781280443633 |
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0198024568 |
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9780198024569 |
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