Effective pain control in cancer patients in the home care setting.
The basis for this article is the fact that, by putting today’s knowledge into consistent practice, according to WHO 98% of all cancer patients could be free of pain. In the opinion of nursing staff, cancer and pain go hand in hand: a certain degree of pain is considered normal and untreatable. The goals set by the WHO are widely unknown or are considered utopian. The purpose of this paper is to list several reasons for this attitude, and also to examine the possibilities of controlling pharmacologically treatable cancer pain in the home environment.