
Health policy and research institutions are working to enhance the way chronic pain is perceived, judged and treated. Patient centered approaches in diagnosis and updated policies can help balance how we address the under treatment of pain and the abuse of prescription drugs. Increasing education on the long-term effectiveness of opioids and the harms of opioids can protect the 100 million Americans living with chronic pain.
- Subject:
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Material Type:
- Case Study
- Lecture
- Lecture Notes
- Primary Source
- Provider:
- Center for Practical Bioethics
- Date Added:
- 07/10/2017