Freedom from Pain—A Mirage or a Possibility?: Experience in Attempts to Change Laws and Practices in India

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 42067, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Ghooi, R B ^a   Ghooi, S R ^a  

^a Clinical Research   (India)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; Cancer; courts; end of life; government; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COURT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEAR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INDIA; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORPHINE ADDICTION; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIETY; TERMINAL CARE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 1542287355     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J354v17n03_01     Document Type: Article

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