Davies, Pamela Stitzlein <br/><br/>
Compact clinical guide to cancer pain management :  an evidence-based approach for nurses / 
 Cancer pain management 
Pamela Stitzlein Davies, Yvonne D'Arcy ; Yvonne D'Arcy, series editor. 
 - xvii, 382 p. :  illustration ;  21 cm. 
 - The compact clinical guide series .
 - Compact clinical guide series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Overview of cancer pain -- Assessing pain in patients with cancer -- Using nonopioid medications for cancer pain management -- Opioid medications for cancer pain -- Coanalgesics for additive pain relief in cancer patients -- Management of side effects from pain medications -- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques for managing cancer pain -- Infusions and regional techniques -- Specialty blocks and implanted techniques for cancer pain management -- Palliative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery for pain control -- The effect of opioid polymorphisms and other physiologic factors on treating cancer pain -- Opioid addiction, dependency, and tolerance in pateints with cancer -- Developing a comprehensive plan of care and prescribing safely -- Cancer pain emergencies -- Neuropathic pain -- Myofascial pain -- Chronic pain in the cancer survivor -- Palliative care and hospice: care when there is no cure -- Pain management at the end of life -- Psychosocial aspects of cancer pain. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826109736  RM152.55 082610973X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Neoplasms--nursing.<br/>Pain Management.<br/>Evidence-Based Nursing.<br/>Palliative Care.<br/>Cancer--Nursing.<br/>Evidence-based nursing.<br/>Pain--Treatment.