PPSG News Alerts
| June 28, 2006 |
The June 24, 2006 issue of the Lancet includes an article co-authored
by Dr. Daniela Mosoiu, director of Hospice Casa Sperantei in Romania, and members
of the Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG). The article details a 3-year
collaborative project to identify and remove regulatory barriers to pain relief
by using the WHO guidelines to evaluate the Romanian anti-narcotics law that
had been adopted in 1969 during the Ceausescu regime. A commission of Romanian
pain and palliative care experts recommended changes to the law and prescribing
regulations, with assistance from the PPSG. As a result, the Romanian Parliament
has adopted a new law, and the Ministry of Health is currently finalizing new,
simplified, regulations with approval expected later this year.
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