Chronolgy of events towards a legislative reform about pain management and palliative care [Cronología de eventos hacia una reforma legislativa en materia de dolor y cuidados paliativos]
Por:
Guevara-López U., Covarrubias-Gómez A.
Publicada:
1 ene 2008
Categoría:
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Resumen:
Practice guidelines are defined as «a series of recommendations that are generated in a systematic way and have the objective of orienting the physician during the daily decision-making process about an specific medical condition». Practice guidelines resume good quality and available medical information about diagnosis and therapy of specific health problems. Pain has been recognized as a health problem in Mexico. This disease significantly modifies life quality of patients and considerably deteriorates their functionality. Since pain is frequently undertreated, it is necessary to generate guidelines to favor its correct diagnosis and optimal treatment. For that reason, the integrants of the «Grupo Cocoyoc» decided to identify the national needs about pain issues. They identified that in order to generate a »Norma Oficial Mexicana» (governmental health regulation), it is necessary to generate they have to fundament «practice guidelines» based upon scientific evidence. This task was performed by 76 specialists from 21 states of the Mexican Republic. Their efforts promote the creation of legal regulation that further may modify the General Act of Health.