Impact of a pharmacist-led palliative care education program focused on the appropriate use of opioids in Vietnam

• Main Authors: Trang Nguyen (Author), Christine Do (Author), Annie L Vong (Author), Thuy Hong Do (Author), Camilla Farrell (Author), Trang Dang (Author), The Than (Author), Duong Le (Author), Khoa Duong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Providing palliative care service involves ensuring adequate pain control, which may necessitate the use of opioids. Vietnam has a long history of limited availability of opioids, resulting in healthcare providers' inexperience and discomfort with prescribing them. This leads to unnecessary pat...