Opioid availability in latin america: The declaration of florianopolis

Between March 27 and 29, 1994, a group of representatives of 32 palliative care programs from eight Latin American countries met under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) Palliative Care Program for Latin America in Florianopolis, Brazil. The participants included physicians, nurses,...

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Published inJournal of pain and symptom management Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 233 - 236
Main Authors Stjernswärd, Jan, Bruera, Eduardo, Joranson, David, Allende, Silvia, Montejo, Gustavo, Tristan, Lisbeth Quesada, Castillo, Gloria, Schoeller, Teresa, Pazos, Maria Antonieta Rico, Wenk, Roberto, Pruvost, Maria, De Lima, Liliana, Mendez, Eduardo, Olarte, Juan Núñez, Olalla, José Felix, Vanegas, Guillermo
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1995
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Analgesics, Opioid - economics
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation
Drug Costs
drug regulation
Drug Utilization
Latin America
Medical sciences
Opioid availability
Palliative Care - methods
WHO
World Health Organization
America
Latin America
drug regulation
Opioid availability
Latin America
WHO
Human
Health policy
Opiates
Palliative treatment
Narcotic analgesic
Recommendation
Public health
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Summary:Between March 27 and 29, 1994, a group of representatives of 32 palliative care programs from eight Latin American countries met under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) Palliative Care Program for Latin America in Florianopolis, Brazil. The participants included physicians, nurses, psychologists, volunteers, drug regulators, hospital administrators, and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. A comprehensive report by David Joranson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) was followed by a general discussion moderated by Jan Stjernsward, Chief of the Cancer Unit, World Health Organization, and by Eduardo Bruera, Coordinator of the WHO Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Program for Latin America. A number of issues related to opioid availability were identified and discussed. This declaration summarizes the main conclusions of the meeting. The attendants would like to encourage the widest possible distribution of this document.
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ISSN:0885-3924
1873-6513
DOI:10.1016/0885-3924(94)00128-8