Closing the pain divide: the quest for effective universal health coverage

• Main Authors: Dr. F M Knaul, PhD (Author), A Bhadelia, MS (Author), H Arreola Ornelas, MSc (Author), L de Lima, MS (Author), M del Rocio Sáenz Madrigal, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: More than 5·5 billion people, most in low-income and middle-income income countries (LMICs), live with limited or no access to pain control and palliative care. This inequality-the pain divide-is a grave injustice. As a result, many patients around the world, especially those with chroni...