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November 11, 2009

 

Colombia's IPPF Action Plan featured in November 2009 JPSM

The November 2009 issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management includes a special article, co-authored by PPSG International Pain Policy Fellow Dr. Marta X. Leon and her Pain and Palliative Care Group colleagues with the Universidad de la Sabana in Bogota, Colombia; Ms. Liliana De Lima of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care; and Ms. Karen Ryan of the Pain & Policy Studies Group, which details the development and implementation of an action plan in Colombia as a part of Dr. Leon's Fellowship.  To read about Colombia's action plan and progress to improve opioid availability, go to http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/publicat/09jpsm/jpsm09.pdf.  The International Pain Policy Fellowship is funded by the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Open Society Institute and directed by the Pain & Policy Studies Group of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center.

 


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