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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis.

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Briscoe, J; Kamal, AH; Casarett, DJ
Published in: J Palliat Med
March 2019

The use of medical cannabis is increasing significantly throughout the United States in spite of limited and sometimes contradictory data about its effectiveness. Palliative care providers are being asked to consider cannabis as part of symptom-directed treatment regimens although many providers have limited experience recommending medical cannabis and were trained before it was commercially available. This article seeks to dispel myths about medical cannabis and provides a balanced view of the benefits and burdens of this therapeutic option, providing evidence where it exists and offering practicing clinicians guidance on conditions in which medical cannabis is likely to be helpful or burdensome.

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J Palliat Med

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1557-7740

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

22

Issue

3

Start / End Page

319 / 325

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Palliative Care
  • Medical Marijuana
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Briscoe, J., Kamal, A. H., & Casarett, D. J. (2019). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis. J Palliat Med, 22(3), 319–325. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0641
Briscoe, Joshua, Arif H. Kamal, and David J. Casarett. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis.J Palliat Med 22, no. 3 (March 2019): 319–25. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0641.
Briscoe J, Kamal AH, Casarett DJ. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis. J Palliat Med. 2019 Mar;22(3):319–25.
Briscoe, Joshua, et al. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis.J Palliat Med, vol. 22, no. 3, Mar. 2019, pp. 319–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1089/jpm.2018.0641.
Briscoe J, Kamal AH, Casarett DJ. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis. J Palliat Med. 2019 Mar;22(3):319–325.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Palliat Med

DOI

EISSN

1557-7740

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

22

Issue

3

Start / End Page

319 / 325

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Palliative Care
  • Medical Marijuana
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1110 Nursing