The principles of management of pain due to cancer / Karen Forbes
The range of treatments for pain due to cancer / Peter Hoskin
The development and efficacy of the WHO analgesic ladder / Augusto Caraceni, Stefan Grond
Opioid receptors / Catherine E. Urch
Starting opioids for moderate to severe pain : talking to the patient / Karen Forbes, Colette Reid
Principles of opioid titration / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
Management of adverse effects / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
Morphine / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell
Oxycodone / Collette Reid, Eija Kalso
Hydromorphone / Naeem Ahmed, Catherine E. Urch
Methadone / Matt Makin
Other alternative oral opioids / Matt Makin
Transdermal opioids / Luke Feathers, Christina Faull
Other routes of opioid administration / Giovambattista Zeppetella
Spinal opioids / Karen H. Simpson, Ganesan Baranidharan
Parenteral opioids / Jeremy R. Johnson
Opioids in special circumstances / Fliss Murtagh, Polly Edmonds, Chris Farnham
Appendix : dose converting when switching from oral morphine to transdermal fentanyl.
Opioids in cancer pain. ISBN 9780199218806. Published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.