Abstract:Purpose
To identify the processes of cancer-related pain relief and exacerbation faced by outpatients in an acute care hospital and to examine the support needed for outpatient pain control.
Methods
We conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with patients from the outpatient department of Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Participants were recruited by purposive sampling. From the recorded data, verba… Show more
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