title: [Chronic tumor pain and opiates: a survey of prescription practice among physicians of German-speaking Switzerland].
abstract: Motivated by clinical experience that opioids are still not administered adequately in cancer pain, a survey about their use involving 1200 physicians of the German-speaking part of Switzerland was conducted. The results confirm that a part of the treating physicians uses opioids not rationally, but that the majority follows established guidelines in the treatment of cancer pain. The results are compared and discussed with the current literature on the management of cancer pain.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Onkologie und Hämatologie, Medizinische Klinik C des Kantonsspitals St. Gallen.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radziwill
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morant
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Senn
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid
vernacular_title: Chronische Tumorschmerzen und Opiate: Eine Umfrage zur Verordnungspraxis bei Arzten in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz.