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Sullivan MD, Vowles KE, Powelson EB, Patel KV, Reid MC. Prioritizing patient values for chronic pain care: a path out of the pain reduction regime?
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 …
Sullivan MD, Ballantyne JC. Understanding the Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain.
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 …
Sullivan MD, Sturgeon JA, Lumley MA, Ballantyne JC. Reconsidering Fordyce’s classic article, “Pain and suffering: what is the unit?”
Abstract The biopsychosocial model (BPS) of chronic pain aspires to be comprehensive, incorporating psychological and social factors omitted from biomedical models. Although psychosocial factors …
Sullivan MD, Ballantyne JC. The Right to Pain Relief: Its Origins in End-of-life Care and Extension to Chronic Pain Care
Clin J Pain. 2021 Oct 26;38(1):58-63. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001000. PMID: 34699404 Abstract Objectives The claim of a right to pain relief was made in recent decades by pain professionals, …