RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Narcotic analgesics in terminal cancer
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 69
OP 72
DO 10.1136/dtb.18.18.69
VO 18
IS 18
YR 1980
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/18/18/69.abstract
AB Despite the impact of hospices and similar units on the management of terminal cancer, many patients spend their last weeks or months in unnecessary pain. This is often because the doctor fails to ensure that regular and adequate doses of an appropriate analgesic are given.1