TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pain Management
A1  - Jacobsen, Juliet
A1  - Jackson, Vicki
A2  - Chabner, Bruce A.
A2  - Longo, Dan L.
Y1  - 2016
N1  - 
T2  - Harrison's Manual of Oncology, 2e
AB  - Cancer  causes  pain.  Although  studies  give  varying  results,  even  the  most  conservative  studies  report  that  at  least  20%  of  patients  have  pain  at  diagnosis  or  in  the  advanced  stages  of  their  illness.  Numerous  studies  show  that  clinicians  often  undertreat  cancer  pain  and  that  undertreated  pain  causes  undue  burdens  on  patients  and  their  families.  Clinicians  may  underestimate  how  much  pain  patients  feel,  or  not  be  facile  in  pain  management  techniques  that  have  the  potential  to  greatly  improve  a  patient's  quality  of  life.  Patients’  misconceptions  about  pain  medications  also  contribute  to  inadequate  pain  management.  Patients  may  be  reluctant  to  take  pain  medications  for  fear  of  addiction  or  worry  that  requiring  pain  medication  indicates  that  death  is  imminent.  Patients  at  particular  risk  for  undertreatment  include  women,  minorities,  the  poor,  and  the  old  (1).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127647484
ER  -