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Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK. office@london.msf.uk |
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| dc.creator |
Lacoux, P |
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| dc.creator |
Ford, N |
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| dc.date |
2002-07 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2017-01-31T07:09:55Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2017-01-31T07:09:55Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Treatment of neuropathic pain in Sierra Leone. 2002, 1 (3):190-5notLancet Neurol |
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| dc.identifier |
1474-4422 |
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| dc.identifier |
12849488 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10144/18278 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/18278 |
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| dc.identifier |
Lancet Neurology |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/18278 |
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| dc.description |
During Sierra Leone's violent decade-long war, the warring parties used amputation, especially of arms, as a means of terror. In a camp for amputees in the capital city Freetown, Médecins Sans Frontières established a clinic and a treatment programme for neuropathic pain. Insecurity and cultural and language barriers have complicated this work, but medical and humanitarian benefits have been demonstrated. Pain services are virtually non-existent in less-developed countries. There have recently been no major treatment advances for neuropathic or phantom pain; however, the general body of knowledge about amputation pain can be increased by observations from these difficult settings. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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| dc.relation |
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur |
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| dc.rights |
Reproduced on this site with permission of Elsevier Ltd. Please see www.thelancet.com for further relevant comment. |
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| dc.title |
Treatment of neuropathic pain in Sierra Leone. |
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