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Author(s) -
Julian Rizos
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
uwomj/medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-8274
pISSN - 0042-0336
DOI - 10.5206/uwomj.v87i1.1937
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , cover story , modalities , medical prescription , addiction , medicine , health care , medical emergency , psychiatry , engineering , nursing , political science , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , law
Cover art by Julian Rizos.
Description: This cover art is based conceptually on the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Analgesic Ladder, a framework used by physicians to develop treatment plans for pain management. In this rendition, treatment modalities begin with over the counter non-pharmacologics then progress to prescription medications, opioids, nonprescription drugs and alcohol higher up. The ladder is more and more broken with each rising step, so in order to access more powerful analgesics, there is increasing risk of the ladder crumbling and succumbing to addiction, overdose, and death.