Consensus building on access to controlled medicines: A four-stage Delphi consensus procedure

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 897-910

  Jünger, Saskia ^a   Brearley, Sarah ^b   Payne, Sheila ^b   Mantel Teeuwisse, Aukje K ^c   Lynch, Thomas ^b   Scholten, Willem ^d   Radbruch, Lukas ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access to controlled medicines; consensus process; Delphi method; pharmaceutical policy; policy guidelines; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCESS TO CONTROLLED MEDICINES; CONSENSUS PROCESS; DELPHI METHOD; PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY; POLICY GUIDELINES; SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INTERNATIONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84888642828     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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