Reflection, analysis and change: The decade of pain control and research and its lessons for the future of pain management

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 923-928

  Boswell, Mark V ^a   Giordano, James ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 76549130719     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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