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Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 20-28 , 15 December 2009

Multidisciplinary pain management based on a computerized clinical decision support system in cancer pain patients

  • Thilo Bertsche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Vasileios Askoxylakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Gregor Habl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Friederike Laidig

      Affiliations

    • Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Jens Kaltschmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Simon P.W. Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Hamid Ghaderi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Angelika Zabel-du Bois

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Stefanie Milker-Zabel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Jürgen Debus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Hubert J. Bardenheuer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Walter E. Haefeli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6221 56 8740; fax: +49 6221 56 4642.

Received 15 December 2008 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 13 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.009

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