2003 LeTourneau Award. Freedom from pain. Establishing a constitutional right to pain relief

J Leg Med. 2003 Dec;24(4):495-539. doi: 10.1080/725540748.
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Publication types

  • Legal Case

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Civil Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meperidine / therapeutic use
  • Narcotics / administration & dosage
  • Narcotics / adverse effects
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Oxycodone / administration & dosage
  • Oxycodone / adverse effects
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain / etiology
  • Patient Rights / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Substance-Related Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Narcotics
  • Meperidine
  • Oxycodone