Untreated pain, narcotics regulation, and global health ideologies.
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23565063.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001411 and PMC identifier 3614505.
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Abstract
Pain management is marginalized or ignored, with millions of people worldwide unnecessarily living with untreated pain. Reducing global inequalities in untreated pain requires a concerted global effort, say Veronique Fraser and colleagues, which must attend to the complexity of pain and promote multimodal, multidisciplinary pain management.
Medical subject headings
- Chronic Pain
- Global Health
- Healthcare Disparities
- Narcotics
- Pain Management