Access to pain treatment as a human right

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lohman, Diederik ^a   Schleifer, Rebecca ^a   Amon, Joseph J ^a  

^a HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Programme   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG LEGISLATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NARCOTIC AGENT;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; NARCOTICS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76849117897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-8     Document Type: Article

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