Formulary availability and regulatory barriers to accessibility of opioids for cancer pain in the middle east: A report from the Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPLEMENT11, 2013, Pages

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Middle East Cancer Consortium   (Israel)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

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

^g Union for International Cancer Control   (Switzerland)

^h SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ ESMO Palliative Care Working Group   (United Kingdom)

^j Medicines and Controlled Substances   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AFGHANISTAN; ALGERIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; BAHRAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EGYPT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; OMAN; PALESTINE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84888987926     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt503     Document Type: Article

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