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However, cancer pain management is much more challenging due to the constantly changing dynamics of health of the cancer patients.... Many reports reveal that although pain is the most common complaint one presents with, it often is not managed properly, with the result that patients do not find complete relief from their ailment (pain management, nd).... These and other such reasons may make nurses hesitate in providing pain medication or high doses of pain medication to their patients (pain management, nd)....
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The article highlights the fact that terminal cancer patients often have pain coming from many areas of the body, as seen in our case study above.... pain management is important in terminal cancer, but is not always effective.... The article also notes that pain is an extremely complex system and the mechanisms of this are not completely understood, again making pain management an extremely difficult process.... Knowledge of this can help appropriate pain management systems to be correctly found....
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Staging also helps in identifying clinical trials that can suit particular patients.... The essay "Approach for cancer Care " explores the integrative approach, which involves synchronization of advanced treatment with supportive treatment to ensure the quick recovery.... … cancer is a condition, which occurs when body cells undergo uncontrolled multiplication.... There are two types of cancers benign cancer and malignant cancer....
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"Management of Chronic Pain for patients with Breast Cancer" paper argues that pain, considered as the most common symptom and as the most tangible sign of distress among patients should thereby be understood among all.... nbsp;… While the use of such drugs may create an addictive effect on patients who tends to abuse it, the documentation is best conducted by the physician himself who serves to warrant its use.... The Health Team should work hand in hand in the effective guidance of pain control among patients with chronic pain....
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Literature review
This paper investigates the approach of cancer treatment in the UK and the need of individualising each patient's plan.
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In the UK, many cancer patients undergo a 'trial and error' treatment and dosage adjustment approach.... This is very dangerous since some drugs can be fatal to patients who have particular genotypes.... It has bee observed that over 80 per cent of 5-FU is deactivated by DPD, which varies from 8 to 21 times among patients....
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Common barriers to effective pain management reported in the literature include: knowledge deficits; fear of addiction to opioid medication; and, lack of consistency in the systematic assessment and documentation of pain and the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.... (McCaffery and Ferrell, 1997)
Assessment is widely regarded in the literature as the cornerstone to effective pain management.... It is estimated that one third of patients diagnosed with cancer will experience moderate to severe pain on diagnosis with another two thirds experiencing pain with advanced disease (Woodruff, 1996)....
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Lastly, in "Managing Children's Cancer Pain in Morocco," McCarthy, Chammas, and Wilimas (2004) indicated that a study to identify issues of pain management of children with cancer was done in two oncology units in Morocco.... Training and resources for pain management of children with cancer are lacking, impediments to relief of pain were verbalized such as stoic approach to suffering and limited drug use, and a critical need for comprehensive pain approach for children with cancer in Morocco....
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Pain is very much common in patients with cancer hence to ensure optimal pain management efficacy as well as effectiveness of new drugs, it requires that treatments be investigated before being administered to the patient (Briggs, 2007).... Assessment, documentation and management of pain plays a vital role as it helps the nurse's to develop effective pain management strategies when administering medication to the patients (Liebert, 2006).... Assessment of pain in patients' is always done with an aim of attempting to identify the mechanisms which produce the pain as well as other factors which does influence that pain to occur (Argoff &Selvershein,2009)....
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