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Anthony Herbert

MBBS, BMedSci, FRACP, FAChPM, Director, Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Qld; Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Centre for Children’s Health Research, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld

Medicinal cannabis use in palliative care

It is unlikely that medicinal cannabis will be used as a first-line agent for the management of pain, nausea and other specific symptoms, but it may have a complementary role within palliative care.