Opioid Use in the Philippines - 20 years after the introduction of the WHO analgesic ladder

European Journal of Pain Supplements

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Javier, Francis O ^a   Calimag, Minerva P ^b  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^b Sto Tomas University Hospital   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Addiction; International Narcotics Control Board; Narcotics; Opioids; Principle of Balance

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PAIN; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LICENCE; LICENSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; ONCOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42649110996     PISSN: 17543207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1754-3207(08)60007-3     Document Type: Article

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