Ultra-rapid opioid detoxification procedures in India: How far they are ethical? [2]

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 132-133

  Jhirwal, Om Prakash ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEDATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL ETHICS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INDIA; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 7444244949     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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