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Elizabeth Namukwaya1, Mhoira Leng, Julia Downing
1Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P.O. BOX 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
Abstract:
Pain in cancer is a common and burdensome symptom with different causes but in a significant number of cases it is undiagnosed and undertreated because of lack of skills for its assessment. Pain has significant negative impact on the patient and, therefore, it needs to be managed urgently and appropriately. In resource-limited settings, there are several barriers and challenges to pain management but even in these circumstances pain can be well managed with planned and innovative use of resources and if the World Health Organization public health system approach is used to ensure opioid availability.
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