Disparities in pain: Ethical issues

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 530-533

  Green, Carmen ^a   Todd, Knox H ^b   Lebovits, Allen ^c   Francis, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHT; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33751117189     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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