Abstract The biopsychosocial model (BPS) of chronic pain aspires to be comprehensive, incorporating psychological and social factors omitted from biomedical models. Although psychosocial factors …
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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, …
I am presenting to an FDA meeting on opioids. I have attached 3 slides.
Four myths that helped cause the opioid epidemic
There are big reasons that Americans consume far more of these addictive painkillers than people do elsewhere. The epidemic of opioid abuse will surely go down in history as one of the greatest …
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Society for Participatory Medicine blog post
See my blog post for the Society for Participatory Medicine at https://participatorymedicine.org/epatients/2018/01/mark-sullivan-who-gets-to-define-the-clinical-problem.html …
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Review from Society for Participatory Medicine (Peter Elias, MD)
The Patient as Agent of Health and Health Care by Mark D Sullivan, an excellent book about the nature of patient-centered care, is not light reading, but is both informative and provocative. It is …
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