Measuring medical students' reluctance to prescribe opioids for cancer pain.
Among 644 senior medical students a 14-item scale which was internally consistent indicated no change over the 6 years of testing in intent to reserve opioids for terminally ill.
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA.
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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