Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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Fulfilling information needs is one of the keys to success in palliative care. A comprehensive palliative care offered in continuity not only helps people in coping with the illness but also relieves pain and other distresses. ⋯ This is the gist of the narrative shared by a family member in a continuity of cancer care workshop. Perhaps the hospice team offered more than enough to adjust and accept dying in a safe environment, for which the family remained grateful forever.
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Random drug testing of people being treated for chronic pain has become more common. Physicians may drug test patients on opioid therapy as a result of concerns over prosecution, drug misuse, addiction, and overdose. However, profit motive has remained unexplored. This article suggests profits also drive physician drug-testing behavior and evidence is offered, including an exploration of Medicare reimbursement incentives and kickbacks for drug testing.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2012
IOM calls for transformation of attitudes toward pain and its prevention and management.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the most influential health policy body in the United States, has published an extensive report calling for a cultural transformation of attitudes toward pain and its prevention and management. This report summarizes the IOM publication.