"What is killing me most": Chronic pain and the need for palliative care in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Dekker, Annette M ^a   Amon, Joseph J ^a,b   Le Roux, Karl W ^c   Gaunt, C Benjamin ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health and Human Rights Division   (United States)

^c Zithulele Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Human rights; Mixed methods; Pain; Palliative care; Policy; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC PAIN; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870931486     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2012.734897     Document Type: Article

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