Greene P E
Cancer Pract. 1993 May-Jun;1(1):65-71.
Though pharmacologic and technologic advances make it possible to control most cancer pain, it often goes untreated or undertreated, largely because of lack of knowledge or misguided attitudes about appropriate use of such measures. In response to the need to improve education of health professionals and patients about cancer pain management, the state of Wisconsin created a state cancer pain initiative. This program, now fully developed, has made substantial progress toward its goals and has become a demonstration project for the World Health Organization (WHO). This report describes the Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative (WCPI), its impact on the development of initiatives in other states, and outlines the findings of a 1992 American Cancer Society (ACS) survey of 26 similar initiatives, many of which are modeled after the WCPI.
尽管药理学和技术的进步使控制大多数癌症疼痛成为可能，但癌症疼痛往往得不到治疗或治疗不足，这主要是因为对这些措施的恰当使用缺乏了解或态度有误。为了应对改善卫生专业人员和患者关于癌症疼痛管理教育的需求，威斯康星州发起了一项州癌症疼痛倡议。该项目现已全面开展，在实现其目标方面取得了重大进展，并已成为世界卫生组织（WHO）的一个示范项目。本报告介绍了威斯康星州癌症疼痛倡议（WCPI）、其对其他州倡议发展的影响，并概述了1992年美国癌症协会（ACS）对26个类似倡议的调查结果，其中许多倡议是以WCPI为蓝本的。
