The world health organization cancer pain and palliative care program past, present, and future

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Stjernsward, Jan ^a,d   Coueau, Sophie M ^b   Ventafridda, Vittorio ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Collaborating Center for Symptom Evaluation in Caner Care   (United States)

^c WHO Cellaborating Center for Cancer Pain Relief   (Italy)

^d WHO Collaborating Center for Symptom Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030210938     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(96)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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