Professor at the University of Washington
Abstract The new discipline of palliative care helped to establish the right to pain relief at the end of life and the necessity of using opioids to achieve that goal. Professional pain …
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Fam Pract. 2023 Jan 19:cmad002. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36656068. Conclusion Rather than assuming that patients desire pain reduction first and foremost, we …
Am J Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;179(10):696-698. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220592. PMID: 36181333. Conclusion What is our final lesson about prescription opioid use, misuse and POUD risk? Opioid misuse …
Abstract The biopsychosocial model (BPS) of chronic pain aspires to be comprehensive, incorporating psychological and social factors omitted from biomedical models. Although psychosocial factors …