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Los Medicamentos Opioides en Pereira : Entre Esenciales y Fiscalizados.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pereira, Isabel.
- Series:
- Cartillas Series
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Opioids.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bogota : Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book examines the complex issues surrounding opioid medications in Pereira, Colombia, highlighting their role as both essential for palliative care and under strict international control. It addresses the challenges faced by patients with severe pain and those using heroin, emphasizing the need for better access to treatment, including methadone substitution therapy. The authors discuss the barriers to accessing palliative care and opioid treatments, such as legal, social, and systemic obstacles, and the stigma associated with opioid use. The book advocates for a balanced approach that respects the right to health and alleviates suffering, in line with international human rights obligations. Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9789585597136
- 9585597136
- OCLC:
- 1397570271
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