Dealing with pain. Health care providers are giving more attention to relievingthe pain

Chapter 0, Problem 9.11

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Dealing with pain. Health care providers are giving more attention to relievingthe pain of cancer patients. An article in the journal Cancer surveyed a number ofstudies and concluded that controlled-release morphine tablets, which release thepainkiller gradually over time, are more effective than giving standard morphinewhen the patient needs it.6 The methods section of the article begins: Onlythose published studies that were controlled (i.e., randomized, double blind, andcomparative), repeated-dose studies with CR morphine tablets in cancer pain patients were considered for this review. Explain the terms in parentheses tosomeone who knows nothing about medical experiments.

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