In the Stacks

We've Come a Long Way: A Review of Cancer Pain Management

Judith A. Schreiber

cancer pain, pain, pain management
ONF 2013, 40(2), 106-108. DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.106-108

Some readers will be transported back to when they were new oncology nurses and practice standards now considered outdated were cutting edge. Others will be amazed that our current understanding is vastly different than what was then known. Current knowledge and research trajectories exist because of the dedication and hard work of colleagues who pioneered the specialty of oncology nursing 40 years ago.

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