Global Pain Crisis Wentk P

by Judy Foreman

Book Overview

Tens of millions of people around the world live with chronic pain - many in such severe pain they are disabled by it. The Institute of Medicine estimates that chronic pain costs the U.S. alone $560 to $635 billion a year in direct medical costs and lost productivity. Morphine, an effective painkiller, costs only three cents a dose, yet because of excessive regulation in many countries, it is unavailable to millions of people who need it, even at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019025923X
• ISBN13: 9780190259235
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"