Oral Morphine in Advanced Cancer, 3rd Edition

Robert Twycross, FRCP. 42pp, 210x148mm, 1997, 0906584450
£5.95 (UK postpaid £6.50)

For doctors and nurses. Explains in detail how to use oral morphine most effectively in the management of cancer pain.
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What are the indications for oral morphine in advanced cancer? What principles govern its use? Which pains are responsive to morphine and which are resistant? How do you decide on the initial dose, and how soon should the patient be reassessed? What are the most common adverse effects? How are these to be coped with?

The use of morphine by mouth has revolutionised the management of cancer pain. This booklet offers a wealth of practical guidance to the physician and nurse on the many considerations to be taken into account when initiating this effective and well-tried therapy. It is written in question-and-answer form and is based on the questions most frequently asked during the author's lectures and seminars on the subject.

Dr Robert Twycross is Macmillan Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University, UK.