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The rational use of opioid analgesics for cancer pain with a critique of the WHO 3-step ladder
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The rational use of opioid analgesics for cancer pain [electronic resource] : with a critique of the WHO 3-step ladder / Sam H. Ahmedzai.
Published
London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (58 min.) : color, sound).
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Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Variant and related titles
Rational use of opioid analgesics for cancer pain : with a critique of the World Health Organization three-step ladder
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 30, 2015
Series
Cancer pain management : advancing towards optimal symptom management,
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contents
Contents: Who 3-step analgesic ladder for cancer pain
Overview of WHO cancer pain programme
Cancer pain: a global problem
UK national cancer patient survey
Cancer pain is still endemic in the developed world
Pain characteristics
Pain in advanced cancer
2007 EPIC survey
What has been achieved?
The problem
The science of pain mechanisms and pain control
Cancer pain is complex
Cancer pain scenarios
Aetiology of cancer pain
Chronic pain is mediated by immune/inflammatory mechanisms
The WHO resource allocation model
Validation of WHO ladder
What has impeded progress?
What is an "adjuvant" in pain control?
Current molecular neurotransmission targets for pain control
The solution
Several mechanism-based ways of treating cancer pain
Pyramid of modern approaches to cancer pain
Do anti-cancer treatments reduce pain?
How do opioids reduce pain and are they all the same?
Publisher's number
2168 Henry Stewart Talks
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use.
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