Cassandra's curse: Interventional pain management, policy and preserving meaning against a market mentality

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Giordano, James ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MORALITY; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRUST;

ANALGESICS; COMMERCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARKETING; PAIN;

EID: 33747153352     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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