• J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2006

    Is the word "narcotic" appropriate in patient care?.

    • David S Craig.
    • Pain and Palliative Care Service, Psychosocial, Pallative Care, and Intergrative Medicine Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. craigds@moffitt.usf.edu
    • J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2006 Jan 1; 20 (1): 33-5.

    AbstractPain continues to be undertreated, and numerous barriers to adequate pain management have been identified. Some clinicians believe that the words which health professionals use to describe analgesics may be a hidden barrier. Possible implications of using the term "narcotic" are described.

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