The global opioid policy initiative (GOPI) project to evaluate the availability and accessibility of opioids for the management of cancer pain in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the middle east: Introduction and methodology

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPLEMENT11, 2013, Pages

  Cherny, N I ^a,b   Cleary, J ^c,d   Scholten, W ^e,i   Radbruch, L ^f,g   Torode, J ^h  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ESMO Palliative Care Working Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^g Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg Bonn   (Germany)

^h Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Medicines and Controlled Substances   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG FORMULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AFRICA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84888986058     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt498     Document Type: Editorial

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