Opioid inaccessibility and its human consequences: Reports from the field

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Krakauer, Eric L ^a   Wenk, Roberto ^b   Buitrago, Rosa ^c   Jenkins, Philip ^d   Scholten, Willem ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FEMEBA   (Argentina)

^c University of Panam   (Panama)

^d World Health Organization ^*

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cancer; Human rights; Opioid; Pain; Palliative care; World

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; LAXATIVE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 77955885254     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2010.501852     Document Type: Article

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