Vlad is allowed only 50 mg of pain medicine per day. In another country, doctors would typically prescribe more than 2,000 mg for a patient like Vlad.
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Palliative Care
Palliative care is a holistic health care approach that improves the quality of life for patients and their families by addressing the psychosocial, legal, and spiritual problems associated with life-threatening illness. The Open Society Foundations support efforts to make palliative care a sustainable, essential part of public health systems worldwide.
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Top UN Expert on Torture Demands an End to Abuses in Health Care
March 4, 2013 9In a groundbreaking report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture finds that torture and ill-treatment can take place in a range of health care settings.
A New Dawn for Pain Relief in Ukraine: Access to Oral Morphine
February 8, 2013 1Patients in Ukraine have long suffered from severe restrictions on pain medications. But a new Ukrainian policy promises some measure of relief, and a significant first step toward adequate care.
Hear the Silent Sufferers: Palliative Care and Pain Relief as Human Rights
December 10, 2012 7Access to palliative care is a fundamental human rights question that many countries are failing to address. Millions of people are needlessly living and dying in excruciating untreated pain.
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