A comprehensive handbook of cancer pain management in developing countries. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Sushma Bhatnagar.
• Editors: Bhatnagar, Sushma
• Other Names: International Association for the Study of Pain, issuing body.
• Contents: Pain? the fifth vital sign, ignored in most parts of the world -- Magnitude of the problem and barriers of adequate cancer pain -- Basics of etiology and pathophysiology of pain in cancer -- Managing total pain : where there is no education on pain? -- Inadequate assessment leads to inadequate relief -- Managing neuropathic pain with limited resources -- Addressing breakthrough pain leads to successful outcome? -- Managing metastatic bone pain with limited resources -- Managing acute pain crisis in cancer patients : beyond pain scores -- WHO analgesic ladder? Treat patients based on availability of drugs -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain. Pain? Most economical and best option available -- Therapy-related cancer pain -- Balancing nonopioid analgesics? Availability and cost -- Opioids : selection and titration? Must learn for appropriate use -- Evolution of the regulatory structure for opioids in India. What are the key messages for other countries? -- Pain and policy : regulatory barriers inhibiting access to opioid analgesics -- Analgesics are more expensive for patients in low-income settings -- Role of interventional pain management in cancer pain -- Managing cancer pain in dying and terminally ill patients at community level -- Starting cancer pain management services in resource-poor settings.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wolters Kluwer Health
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 616.99/406; Cancer -- Treatment; Neoplasms -- therapy; Pain Management; Palliative Care; Developing Countries; Cancer -- Treatment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781975103101; 1975103106
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.