Untreated Pain, Narcotics Regulation, and Global Health Ideologies

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  King, Nicholas B ^a   Fraser, Veronique ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHRONIC PAIN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84876946962     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001411     Document Type: Article

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