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Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy Volume 16, 2002 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Opiophobia as a Barrier to the Treatment of Pain

Dr. Daniel S. Bennett University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA; Integrative Treatment Centers, Westminster, CO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
(Director of the Pain Clinic) (Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, and Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology and Medicine) (Medical Director) (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) (Director of the Pain Clinic) (Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, and Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology and Medicine) (Medical Director) (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) (Director of the Pain Clinic) (Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, and Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology and Medicine) (Medical Director) (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) (Director of the Pain Clinic) (Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, and Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology and Medicine) (Medical Director) (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) &
Daniel B. Carr The Tufts Medical School; New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
Pages 105-109 | Received 27 Jul 2001, Accepted 31 Aug 2001, Published online: 17 Aug 2009

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