Pain Management: Time to Minimize Variations in Practice.

Palliat Care

Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Ohio Health Kobacker House, Columbus, OH, USA.

Published: February 2018

There continue to be great variations in the management of pain in palliative care. Efforts need to be made within the field develop strategies to address this to avoid undue distress in patients.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824898PMC
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