Palliative Care – Options for Pain Therapy

Patients in advanced stages of cancer or with other serious illnesses often suffer from severe pain, against which simple measures such as cold or heat applications are no longer effective. The use of effective painkillers (analgesics) is then necessary. The World Health Organization (WHO) has drawn up a step-by-step scheme for this drug-based pain therapy, … Palliative Care – Options for Pain Therapy