- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Screening Instruments
- Chapter 2 Pharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 3 Nonpharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 4 Psychiatric Emergencies
- Chapter 5 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6 Mood Disorders
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Substance Abuse
- Chapter 9 Personality Disorders
- Chapter 10 Fatigue
- Chapter 11 Pain
- Chapter 12 Nausea and Vomiting
- Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunction
- Chapter 14 Strategies for Giving Bad News
- Chapter 15 Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education
- Chapter 16 Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families
- Chapter 17 Brain Cancer
- Chapter 18 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 19 Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Chapter 20 Genitourinary Cancer
- Chapter 21 Gynecological Cancer
- Chapter 22 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 23 Hematological Cancer
- Chapter 24 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 25 Melanoma
- Appendix
- Index
(p. 97) Pain
- Chapter:
- (p. 97) Pain
- Author(s):
Jennifer A. Shin
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199988730.003.0011
Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. It interferes with sleep, appetite, and mood; and contributes to anxiety, fatigue, and poor quality of life. There are numerous effective therapies to relieve pain, and it is imperative that clinicians caring for patients with cancer be skilled at evaluating and treating pain. This chapter uses the NCCN Guidelines on Adult Cancer Pain as a framework for a comprehensive approach to pain in the cancer patient and promotes the use of pain-intensity ratings.
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- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Screening Instruments
- Chapter 2 Pharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 3 Nonpharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 4 Psychiatric Emergencies
- Chapter 5 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6 Mood Disorders
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Substance Abuse
- Chapter 9 Personality Disorders
- Chapter 10 Fatigue
- Chapter 11 Pain
- Chapter 12 Nausea and Vomiting
- Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunction
- Chapter 14 Strategies for Giving Bad News
- Chapter 15 Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education
- Chapter 16 Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families
- Chapter 17 Brain Cancer
- Chapter 18 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 19 Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Chapter 20 Genitourinary Cancer
- Chapter 21 Gynecological Cancer
- Chapter 22 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 23 Hematological Cancer
- Chapter 24 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 25 Melanoma
- Appendix
- Index