How can we make the pain go away? Public policies to manage pain at the end of life

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-431

  Imhof, Sara ^a,b   Kaskie, Brian ^c  

^a E 206 General Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Concord Coalition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Pain management; Pain policy; State medical boards

Indexed keywords

COURT; DYING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 51649114066     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.4.423     Document Type: Review

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