Prevalence of opiophobia in cancer pain treatment

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain depreciates patients' quality of life, even influencing disease recovery. This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of pain and opiophobia as barrier for the adequate management of cancer pain. METHODS Participated in the study 280 cancer patients...

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Main Authors: Igor Furlan Cella, Lilian Cristine Teixeira Trindade, Lucas Vasconcelos Sanvido, Thelma Larocca Skare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor
Series:Revista Dor
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132016000400245&lng=en&tlng=en