Legal barriers in accessing opioid medicines: Results of the ATOME quick scan of national legislation of eastern European Countries

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1135-1144

  Vranken, Marjolein J M ^a   Mantel Teeuwisse, Aukje K ^a   Jünger, Saskia ^b   Radbruch, Lukas ^b,c   Lisman, John ^d   Scholten, Willem ^e   Payne, Sheila ^f   Lynch, Tom ^f   Schutjens, Marie Hélène D B ^a,g  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Malteser Hospital Bonn   (Germany)

^d Lisman Legal Life sciences   (Netherlands)

^e Willem Scholten Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Schutjens de Bruin   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

access; ATOME; barriers; harm reduction; legislation; medicines; morphine; Opioids; pain treatment; palliative care; regulations

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CYPRIOT; EASTERN EUROPEAN; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL BARRIER; LEGAL PROCEDURE; LITHUANIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUICK SCAN; REIMBURSEMENT; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; STIGMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DRUG CONTROL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84919846567     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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