Europe has much to do to improve the quality of and access to safe pain management

Patrice Forget; Winfried Hauser

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00669-4

Europe has much to do to improve the quality of and access to safe pain management

Patrice Forget, Winfried Hauser

Technischen Universitat Munchen

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Abstract

We have read with interest the debate surrounding opioid use in the USA and related deaths. We also welcomed the different perspectives of Gerard A Kalkman and colleagues, concluding that universal health care and addiction care in Europe contributes greatly to preventing an opioid epidemic of US proportions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1651
Journal	Lancet (London, England)
Volume	401
Issue number	10389
Early online date	18 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00669-4
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2023

Keywords

Humans
Pain Management
Europe

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