Ethical insights to rapprochement in pain care: Bringing stakeholders together in the best interest(s) of the patient

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Giordano, James ^a,b   Schatman, Michael E ^c   Höver, Gerhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (United States)

^c Pain and Addiction Study Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Ethics; Pain medicine; Palliative care; Policy; Rapprochement

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROFIT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; ETHICS; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350447210     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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