Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by Diederik Lohman, senior researcher in the Health and Human Rights division of Human Rights Watch.  It was edited by Joseph Amon, director of the Health and Human Rights division; and reviewed by Rebecca Schleifer, advocate in the Health and Human Rights division; Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor at Human Rights Watch; and Iain Levine, program director at Human Rights Watch. Relevant sections were reviewed by Maria Burnett, researcher in the Africa division; Sara Colm, senior researcher in the Asia division and David Fathi, director of the US program at Human Rights Watch. Seth Davis, Olena Baev and Emily Dauria, interns in the Health and Human Rights division, provided invaluable research assistance. Production assistance was provided by Mignon Lamia, Grace Choi, Anna Lopriore, and Fitzroy Hepkins.Human Rights Watch is deeply grateful to the numerous pain treatment and palliative care experts who assisted us in preparing this report.