Ethical issues in opioid prescribing for chronic pain

Pain. 2010 Mar;148(3):365-367. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.020. Epub 2009 Nov 10.

Authors

Jane C Ballantyne¹, Lee A Fleisher

Affiliation

¹ Penn Pain Medicine Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tuttleman Building, 1840 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3400 Spruce Street, 6 Dulles Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 19906487
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.020

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Chronic Disease
Ethics, Medical*
Humans
Pain / drug therapy*
Prescription Drugs / therapeutic use*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Prescription Drugs