Access to Pain Management as a Human Right

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ID11017462
AuthorsFrank Brennan (0000-0002-8326-5682, Frank Brennan is with St George and Calvary Hospitals, Sydney, Australia. Diederik Lohman is with Human Rights Watch, New York, NY. Liz Gwyther is with the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.), Diederik Lohman (0000-0002-4826-043X, Frank Brennan is with St George and Calvary Hospitals, Sydney, Australia. Diederik Lohman is with Human Rights Watch, New York, NY. Liz Gwyther is with the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.), Liz Gwyther (0000-0001-7602-6168, Frank Brennan is with St George and Calvary Hospitals, Sydney, Australia. Diederik Lohman is with Human Rights Watch, New York, NY. Liz Gwyther is with the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.)
Year2019
Volume109
Issue1
Pages61-65
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304743
PMID32941757
OpenAlexW2903697142
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited17

The concept of access to pain management as a human right has gained increasing currency in recent years. Commencing as individual advocacy, it was later embraced by the disciplines of pain medicine and palliative care and by mainstream human rights organizations. Today, United Nations and regional human rights bodies have accepted the concept and incorporated it into key human rights reports, reviews, and standards. We review the foundations in law of this right and the obligations that flow from it to governments. We analyze the nature and content of the obligation in the context of acute, chronic nonmalignant and cancer pain. Finally, we examine this right in light of the twin crises of inadequate access to pain management and the opioid crisis in the United States and other nations

Business · Environmental health · Pain management · Physical therapy · Anesthesia and Pain Management · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Pain Management and Opioid Use

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