Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2012
"I feel uncomfortable 'calling a patient out'": educational needs of palliative medicine fellows in managing opioid misuse.
During the past 10 years, advocates of palliative care have sought to be included earlier in the course of patients' illnesses. Palliative care providers may thus be more likely to care for patients who misuse and abuse opioids. ⋯ HPM fellows regularly see patients who are at risk for opioid misuse and feel unprepared to treat pain in these patients. There is a need for more education of fellows in this area.