Medical Cannabis: Clinical Practice (Health and Human Development)

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
How can we advance the adoption  of medical cannabis into  clinical practice?
	Introduction
	The need to conduct high quality  scientific research
	The need to collect accurate patient  reported outcomes
	The need to produce a variety of efficacious medical cannabis products
	Conclusion
	References
Section one: Medical cannabis
Chapter 2
Patient characteristics from a medical cannabis provider
	Introduction
	Our study
	Findings
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgment
	References
Chapter 3
Symptom clusters in patient  reported outcomes of medical cannabis patients
	Introduction
	Our project
	What did we find?
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgment
	References
Chapter 4
The use of medical cannabis  in cancer patients
	Introduction
	Our research
	Findings
		Improvements in symptoms
		Improvement in quality of life (QOL)
		Side effects
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 5
The use of medical cannabis in common medical conditions excluding cancer
	Introduction
	Our study
		Follow-up
	Our findings
		Improvement in quality of life (QOL)
		Side effects
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 6
Efficacy of different varieties  of medical cannabis  in relieving symptoms
	Introduction
	Our study
	Findings
		Improvements in conditions, symptoms, and QOL items
		Improvements in pain as a symptom at 4 months and 10 months
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 7
Medical cannabis use for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
	Introduction
	Our project
		Follow-up
	Our findings
		Pain and ability to cope with pain
		Improvements in medical conditions
		Improvements in quality of life (QOL)
		Improvements in symptoms
		Side effects
Table 8. Most common side effects at 4-month follow-up
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 8
Medical cannabis use in military and police veterans diagnosed with  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
	Introduction
	Our study
	Findings
		Improvement in PTSD related symptoms and pain
		Impact of PTSD on social and family life
		Reduction in PTSD related medication use
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 9
The effect of medical cannabis on alcohol and tobacco use in  veterans with post-traumatic  stress disorder (PTSD)
	Introduction
	Our research
	What we found
		Previous treatment prevalence and effectiveness
		Medical cannabis use
		Improvement in alcohol and tobacco use
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 10
The efficacy of different varieties of medical cannabis in relieving symptoms in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients
	Introduction
	Our study
	Findings
	Preferred varieties for relief of PTSD
	Preferred varieties for relief of  common PTSD symptoms
	Usage of medical cannabis
	Discussion
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Section two: Acknowledgments
Chapter 11
About the editors
Chapter 12
About the rapid response radiotherapy program at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
	Contact
Chapter 13
About the National Institute of  Child Health and Human Development in Israel
	Mission
	Service and academic activities
	Research activities
	National collaborations
	International collaborations
	Targets
	Contact
Chapter 14
About the book series “Health and human development”
	Contact
Section three: Index
Index
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