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- Title
Multivariate analysis of countries' government and health-care system influences on opioid availability for cancer pain relief and palliative care: more than a function of human development.
- Authors
Gilson, Aaron M; Maurer, Martha A; Lebaron, Virginia T; Ryan, Karen M; Cleary, James F
- Abstract
Many international governmental and nongovernmental organizations regard unrelieved cancer pain as a significant global public health problem. Although opioids such as morphine are considered essential medicines in the provision of palliative care and for treating cancer pain, especially when the pain is severe, low- and middle-income countries often lack such medications.
- Publication
Palliative medicine, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 2, p105
- ISSN
1477-030X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216312461973