A Comprehensive Handbook of Cancer Pain Management in Developing Countries

Drawing the latest body of evidence, pain physicians discuss managing cancer pain in the developing world. They lay out the discipline of pain management in relation to the clinical setting, and explain the benefits of psychological, interventional, and complementary therapies in managing cancer pain. Among their topics are basics of etiology and pathophysiology of pain in cancer managing metastatic bone pain with limited resources, the non-pharmacological management of pain--most economical and best option available, pain and policy: regulatory barriers inhibiting access to opioid analgesics, and managing cancer pain in dying and terminally ill patients at community level. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)