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Ensuring Effective Pain Treatment: A National and Global Perspective Allyn L. Taylor, Georgetown Law Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center Katrina A. Pagonis, Georgetown Law 299 JAMA 89 (2008) Download the Paper (PDF format) - September 17, 2008 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: Medical availability of effective pain medication is vitally important domestically and globally. Medical advances have substantially improved the technical capacity to control pain and diminish its consequences. Worldwide, millions of persons with chronic, acute, and terminal conditions have found relief from excruciating pain through medical intervention. However, richer countries have disproportionately benefited from improvements in access to and use of pain medication. The tragedy is that for most of the world's population, particularly persons in poorer countries, effective pain control is entirely unavailable. SUGGESTED CITATION: Allyn L. Taylor, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Katrina A. Pagonis, "Ensuring Effective Pain Treatment: A National and Global Perspective" (September 17, 2008). Georgetown Law. Georgetown University: O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Scholarship. Paper 10. http://lsr.nellco.org/georgetown/ois/papers/10 | REPOSITORY HOME  | SEARCH  | MY ACCOUNT  | NELLCO HOME | Powered by bepress.