Freedom from Pain, a documentary produced by students and instructors at the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, addresses the problem of inadequate pain management for cancer patients. Although morphine is inexpensive, the War on Drugs has lead to overly restrictive laws in some nations against prescribing narcotics or disincentives for their production and distribution. The documentary centers on several patients in India and Ukraine who are attempting to cope without sufficient palliative treatment. Similarly, Fifty Milligrams is Not Enough, further explores the Ukrainian problem through a case study of a cancer patient (see accompanying blog article). This documentary and other videos relative to medical injustice are available at the Open Society Foundations' Stop Torture in Health Care site.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
pain management problems around the world
Freedom from Pain, a documentary produced by students and instructors at the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, addresses the problem of inadequate pain management for cancer patients. Although morphine is inexpensive, the War on Drugs has lead to overly restrictive laws in some nations against prescribing narcotics or disincentives for their production and distribution. The documentary centers on several patients in India and Ukraine who are attempting to cope without sufficient palliative treatment. Similarly, Fifty Milligrams is Not Enough, further explores the Ukrainian problem through a case study of a cancer patient (see accompanying blog article). This documentary and other videos relative to medical injustice are available at the Open Society Foundations' Stop Torture in Health Care site.
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