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Cancer pain management : a comprehensive approach /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Budd, Keith, Simpson, Karen H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Neoplasms > therapy.
Pain > prevention & control.
Palliative Care.
Table of Contents:
  • Philosophy of cancer pain management
  • Ethical issues
  • Psychological support
  • Spiritual help
  • Nursing issues
  • Physiotherapy
  • Non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of pain in children
  • Nerve blocks : simple injections, epidurals, spinals, and more complex blocks
  • complex interventional therapies
  • Percutaneous cordotomy
  • Neurosurgical pain management
  • Selected surgical approaches
  • Acupuncture and TENS
  • Spinal cord stimulation
  • Radiotherapy
  • Chemotherapy and hormonal manipulation
  • Homeopathic medicine