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What can you do as pain specialists<br />

<strong>and</strong> prescribers<br />

• Realise that patients don’t t always underst<strong>and</strong><br />

what we may think as straightforward.<br />

• Ensure that both the medical officers in your<br />

team <strong>and</strong> the nursing staff at ward level,<br />

appreciate the importance of orders being<br />

prescribed <strong>and</strong> administered as expected<br />

• Ensure that you are advised of any<br />

deviations from your intended treatment<br />

plan.<br />

• Pharmacist available for patient counselling?

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