Palliative care in Romania
Despite being one of the largest and most affluent cities in Romania, Timisoara is struggling to provide palliative care services for patients in need. For example, until a change in the law this year, doctors were unable to prescribe opioids, meaning that vast numbers of patients have not had acces...
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| Published in: | Cancer nursing practice Vol. 6; no. 7; pp. 10 - 11 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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London
RCN Publishing Company Limited
01-09-2007
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| Summary: | Despite being one of the largest and most affluent cities in Romania, Timisoara is struggling to provide palliative care services for patients in need. For example, until a change in the law this year, doctors were unable to prescribe opioids, meaning that vast numbers of patients have not had access to essential pain relieving drugs such as morphine. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1475-4266 2047-8933 |
| DOI: | 10.7748/cnp.6.7.10.s10 |